1. Easter must be seen in light of the cross. It must never overshadow Good Friday. They are a packaged deal!
  2. Great things are contained in these seemingly unimportant words: "Behold, your king." Such boundless gifts are brought by this poor and despised king.
  3. It is good to remember that this true story, is also beautiful.
  4. The Lord sees the blood of the Lamb upon us, but does not merely pass over us in mercy. He passes into us by grace.
  5. What grace is this? It’s grace from Christ, who often seizes us when we least expect it, even through the hands of His enemies.
  6. We cannot love first. Therefore God comes, takes hold of the heart, and says: "Learn to know me."
  7. God is often hidden in history, even as we make it now, but He is always manifest where He has promised to be.
  8. Lent means that we do not have to look to ourselves but can look to our neighbor in love as Christ has loved us.
  9. God is not a preoccupied parent, he’s an invested and interested tender loving Father. He values what perplexes us.
  10. God is mercy. He was mercy then. He’s mercy now. God showed them His glory, if only a reflection, in the face of Moses.
  11. This is the patient love of God. He is stubborn about the salvation of sinners. He will not be rushed even if his name is mocked, and the trustworthiness of his promises are called into question.
  12. This world of unbearable grief and accidental calamity is being renewed and, soon, will be completely bereft of every pernicious foe.