“Remember Last Sunday?”

Matthew 23: 38, 39: “Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! For I say to you, from now on you shall not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord.’” You have to realize that this was spoken by Jesus the day after Palm Sunday, when the children were crying out in the temple those very words (Matthew 21: 15). As He did then, He did the next day, as well – He validated the words of the children, prescribed by the psalmist (Psalm 118: 26) which proclaimed Him King. And to ensure the Lord will be home when we come to see Him at His table, we proclaim them at the beginning of Eucharist as a part of the Sanctus.