“Loser”: The God Who Gave It All Up | Palm Sunday 2025 | The Rev. Edmund Harris

On this Palm Sunday, Father Edmund Harris invites us into the tension between triumph and loss. We begin with the crowd's celebration—Jesus hailed as king, cloaks laid down, palm branches waving—but quickly we are led into the heartbreak of betrayal, abandonment, and crucifixion. In this powerful reflection, Father Edmund names the discomfort of following a God who chose not power, but vulnerability. Not winning, but loss. “What does it mean to follow a God who became, by every earthly standard, a loser?” This sermon challenges us to sit with that question—not rushing to Easter, but remaining with the Jesus who stands in solidarity with the powerless, the betrayed, the incarcerated, the crucified. And in doing so, we discover the radical good news: that God shows up not just in resurrection, but in rejection too.

📖 Scripture: Luke 19:28-40, Luke 23:1-49, Philippians 2:5–11, Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 31:9-16
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