Hosanna (Palm) Sunday (5) by Wedad Tawfik, PhD - Coptic Orthodox Church
⸭ Hosanna Sunday (Palm Sunday) (5) A Patristic Overview From St. Augustine on the Gospel of St. John · First, describing His being King of Israel, and what does this mean to the Jews and to Him: [These were the words of praise addressed to Jesus by the multitude, “Hosanna; blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.” What a cross of mental suffering must the Jewish rulers have endured when they heard so great a multitude proclaiming Christ as their King! But what honor was it to the Lord to be King of Israel? … … the Son of God, the Father’s equal, the Word by whom all things were made, in His good pleasure to be King of Israel, was an act of condescension and not of promotion; a token of compassion, and not any increase of power. For He who was called on earth the King of the Jews, is in the heavens the Lord of angels.] [1] ·...