I must say I don’t have the same fond memories of Palm Sunday that you do, Pastor Weedon. Jesus barely appeared on Palm Sunday growing up in my home congregation. It was all about confirmation and those been confirmed. We had no palms to bless, wave, and process with. So unlike you, I am rather glad that the liturgy has restored the focus. I do not think that there was a conflict between the joy that you speak so well love, and rightfully so, and the realization the Jesus enters the city not simply for praise and adoration, but for the cross. I am not sure that there needs to be such an abrupt or quick shift in tone, rather a gradual movement from the hosannas to pondering of the great mystery of the cross. That is how we do it. Singing the same hymns that you speak of so well, we honor both the welcome and the destination. In my mind at least that is what the Pericopes for Palm/Passion Sunday are supposed to help us do.