Saturday, February 4th
On the next day the great body of pilgrim, …….when they heard that Jesus was coming to the feast, took branches of palms and went forth to meet Him and cried, *Hosanna, blessings on Him who comes in the Name of the Lord. God bless the King of Israel" At the time the disciples did not understand this but when Jesus was glorified then they remembered that these things were written about Him
John 12:12-16

Events take place in the lives of men and nations : according to a man's orientation to the light within him will each react, in things both great and small. And no one should despise the day of small things. As he reacts to the light so will it either increase or diminish according to the orientation and the measure of his will and purpose. So great is his freedom , so available the means to growth and maturity, so vital the right choice. And as life proceeds, for those who follow faithfully, however falteringly, two circumstances for further growth and progress in the way emerge : firstly, as the going proceeds down the years, understanding develops - both of the experiences of the past and dimly but increasingly of the shape of things to come in the context of eternity, and secondly , he becomes conditioned through free choice to see and recognise and distinguish the good, and enabled to respond to it through My Indwelling and the power of Our Holy Spirit. The people of Jerusalem who shouted "Hosanna" were later to see the King they acclaimed nailed to the tree of suffering and shame. And the Disciples who witnessed and suffered at His death and rejoiced at His resurrection remembered and understood . So let it be for all the faithful of all times.