{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Hosanna Means Help Us","description":"What does Hosanna really mean? On Palm Sunday, we shout \u201cHosanna in the highest\u201d\u2014but this ancient word is not a cheer of celebration. It is a cry for help: \u201cSave us, we pray.\u201d In this sermon, we explore how that cry Is answered in impossibly to imagine ways, from Psalm 118 to the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in Gospel of Matthew to our own day. In a time marked by fear, division, and loss of trust, \u201cHosanna\u201d becomes our own prayer. Drawing on voices as diverse as John Calvin, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Maya Angelou, this sermon reflects on: \u2022 Our need for help in a fractured world \u2022 The loss of faith in one another \u2022 God\u2019s unexpected way of saving us\u2014not through power, but through love Holy Week reveals a surprising truth: God\u2019s rescue comes not by force, but through the suffering, love, and self-giving of Christ. As the world trembles, we join the ancient cry:\u2028Hosanna \u2014 Help us, God. The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2G8 Palm Sunday (Year A) 11a.m. Eucharist Sunday March 29th 2026 Matthew 21:1-11 Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Matthew 26:14-27:66 ","author_name":"Sermons from Grace Cathedral","author_url":"http:\/\/www.gracecathedral.org","html":"