As He would display later in the week, He came to deliver His people victoriously, not like a mighty conquering warrior, but as a King Who would die in an agonizing way for the sins of the people. He did so, entrusting Himself to the Father in the face of immense suffering.
From His death, He would rise and be greatly exalted by the Father, so that we now worship and adore Him, all in Heaven, on Earth, and under the Earth, as we do this day when we begin Holy Week.
Furthermore, we recognize the immense power of His forgiveness, noted when Christ says, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do", and again when a repentant thief calls to Jesus. That thief knew his sins and knew that Jesus could forgive him because Jesus died to make forgiveness possible. Then we enter into His Kingdom, like in the spirit of what Jesus says when He bestows a Kingdom on the apostle.
We are called to enter anew into this Paschal Mystery of His salvation, following His way in great humility so that we can join Him in dying and, through Christ's redemption, rise to Newness of Life.
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