” “We too, like the disciples who lived in Christ’s time, see His "prodigies": "how He makes men and women give up the comforts of their lives and put themselves entirely at the service of the suffering; how He gives heart to men and women to oppose to violence and to lie, to make room for truth in the world; how He secretly leads men and women to do good to others, to arouse reconciliation where there was hatred, to create peace where enmity reigned". It was said yesterday by Benedict XVI at Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter’s. With the procession of the Palms, added the Pope, "we profess the kingship of Jesus Christ", and "recognising Him as King means accepting Him as He who shows us the way, the one we trust and follow. It means accepting day after day His word as the effective criterion of our life. It means seeing in Him the authority we subject to. We subject to Him, because His authority is the authority of the truth". In addition, the procession of the Palms is, "first and foremost, an expression of joy, because we can get to know Jesus, because He grants us to be His friends and because He gave us the key to life". However, this joy is "also the expression of our saying Yes to Jesus and our willingness to go with Him wherever He takes us". (continued)” “
