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April 5, 2003

Volume 120, Issue #7

Lectionary

Above and beyond: Mark 16:1-8

Is this any way to run a resurrection? Is this enough to persuade, to stir new life in the followers of Jesus?

Triumphal entry? (Mark 11:1-11)

The term better fits Matthew than Mark, and neither Gospel justifies the church’s celebration of Palm Sunday as though it were an Easter before Easter.

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