Well, welcome to Palm Sunday, the last Sunday of Lent and really the beginning of the Holy Week. It's kind of that in-between Sunday. And Holy Week is all about, as Stan was enumerating in their communion devotion, it's when we're going to celebrate things like the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, Holy Saturday where Christ rested in the grave. And ultimately, we have our glorious Resurrection Day, the monumental moment in human history where the new creation actually began. And so this morning, though, to begin off Holy Week on this Palm Sunday, in our gospel reading, Jesus finally reaches his destination. He finally makes it to Jerusalem. And as we're going to see, everyone's in great anticipation for this whole time of this Lenten season when he's journeying from Galilee to Jerusalem. He's just meeting crowd after crowd after crowd, encouraging them to follow me, obey me, choose me, choose me and live. That's his message, choose me and live. And we're seeing now a couple of responses here and there, but as we're going to open up in our gospel reading, it turns out it'll say a large crowd of disciples are with Jesus. So it seems that Jesus is preaching to choose me and follow me and take up your cross is actually It's actually bringing life to people. They're responding to him and they're in great anticipation of what he's going to do. All the unanswered questions, all the hopeful longing, and think of the tension in the story, the conflict between Jesus and the Jewish leaders is at all time high. They've already decreed that anyone who confesses Jesus is the Messiah King, that he's the Christ, will be cut off from the synagogue, cut off from the temple. They're basically damned, that's the language that they want to communicate, their anathema, if you believe this Jesus. That's why all through the Gospels, people started getting afraid to confess he's the Christ at this point. And think of it, they just keep saying they're plotting to kill him. They're openly like talking, like we're going to get this Jesus. And so you and I as readers of the Gospel story, there's this tension of, man, what's Jesus going to do? And imagine if you're the disciples where you've been hearing the death threats and seeing the conflict and these public statements of Jesus against the leaders and you're like, man, this is tense. This is bigger and better than a Trump debate. You know, this is intense stuff going on here. And now the King, our Jesus, arrives at his capital. And we're going to see how the crowds respond. We're going to see what these passages, these Palm Sunday passages, teach us about who Jesus is, what he's about. And so if you can and are willing, please stand for the reading of the sacred scriptures as we open up Holy Week with three readings, one from the prophet Zechariah chapter nine, one from Philippians chapter two, and then Luke 19. Hear now the words of the living and true God, the prophet Zechariah chapter nine, nine through 10. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your king is coming to you, which is where we get the language of advent, coming, arrival. He is just, righteous, and he's having salvation. He's lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem. The battle bow shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations. His dominion, his rule will be from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth. This is the promise of the king. Paul, after the resurrection, speaking about Jesus, look at the connection between the humble king on a donkey to who our Jesus is. Paul says, let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery or theft to be equal with God. But he made himself of no reputation, taking the form of a slave or a bondservant, and he came by coming in the likeness of a man. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God has also highly exalted him and given him the name which is above every that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. I mean, think of that moment, that idea of how the universe is structured. Everything, things in heaven, things on the earth, and the place of the dead. This idea of the whole tiered cosmos. Everybody and everything will praise King Jesus. And now, Luke 19, 29-48, Jesus arrives at his city. And it came to pass that when he, Jesus, drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that he sent two of his disciples, saying, Go into the village opposite you, where, as you enter, you will find a colt-tide, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it, and bring it here. And if anyone asks you, why are you loosing this cult? Why are you taking this beast? This is what you're going to say to them, because the Lord has need of it. That's what I want you to tell them when they ask you. So those who were sent went their way and found it just as he said to them. But as they were loosing the cult, the owners of it said to them, why are you loosing the cult? And they said, the Lord has need of him. Then they brought him to Jesus and they threw their own clothes on the colt and they set Jesus on the beast. And as he went, many spread their clothes on the road. And then as he was drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen. Think of all the epiphany stuff we've talked about. healings and miracles. That's what they're rejoicing. And they're saying, blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest. Echoing the Christmas story. Peace on earth and goodwill towards men. It's the same message. Well, the Pharisees church, they didn't like that. It says, and some of the Pharisees, they called to him Jesus from the crowd. And they're yelling, can you imagine the scene? There's this giant parade and some of them are yelling from the crowd, teacher, tell them to shut up, rebuke those disciples. But Jesus answered and he said to them, I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out. How can they not praise me? Now as he drew near, he saw the city and he wept over it saying, if you had known, Even you, especially in this, your day, the things that make for your peace. But now they are hidden from your eyes, for the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you, and close you in on every side, and level you and your children within you to the ground. And they will not leave in you one stone upon another because you did not know the time of your visitation. Then he went into the temple, and he began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, saying to them, it is written, my house is a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves. And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy him, and they were unable to do anything, for all the people were very attentive to hear him. The word of God for the people of God. Let's bow our heads in prayer. Father God, we just read the scriptures out loud, which testify to your son. Give us ears to hear this morning about how Jesus is our king. What it means for him to be our king. What are the principles of his kingship we see in this passage? What does it mean to speak to us day by day? What does it mean for the hope of the world? If there's anybody here this morning, Father, that does not know your son as their king, that they're not a part of his kingdom, which you've handed over to him, for every knee will bow to him and every tongue will confess him, I pray, Lord, that you would give them an open heart to Jesus, to recognize him as the true, true king in whom they can find life and liberty and happiness and freedom and true joy, because this is what salvation consists of. freedom to be your people. We love you, Lord. We need you. Do great things in the service today for the glory of your son. In his name we pray. Amen. You may be seated. You know, friends, what this gospel passage clearly teaches us from all the activity we've seen from Jesus riding on the donkey to the cloaks on the road, to the praises, to his mourning of the city, to his purifying the temple, all the activity we see in this passage. It teaches us a very plain reality is that Christ is King. Christ is King. Hallelujah. And you know, I didn't know this. I was doing some research this week. Turns out saying Christ is King, if you're a Twitter, what do they call it? X? If you're an X user, Facebook, it turns out that's actually, I guess, a racist thing to say these days. Uh, yeah, I didn't know that because the Bible teaches it. But, um, for all you Ben Shapiro fans, because by the way, he's not Christian, but he seems to represent like conservative stuff. He, there's a big fallout in their camp and all that. And there's all these different people. And some are like, cause a lot of Christians work for that group of people and they're like, Christ is King. And they're like, you're just a bunch of racists and stuff. And it's a big debacle turn. So the best news is just don't get on, on the internet and you won't have to worry about it. Because it's still true, Christ is king. It's not a foolish or racist statement. It is a grand proclamation about our Jesus, meaning that he, being the king, he's not just a king. He's not some Caesar. He's not some democratically elected guy, right? He's not just a bureaucrat. As Philippians says, God has highly exalted him. He is the king of the cosmos. And we as Christians, either we say it and don't believe it, we say it and don't understand it, Or we really do mean what we say, that our Jesus is the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, and no one in all the universe can ever take that away from him. No one in the universe holds that level of authority. That's why, just off the top of my head, it's the same reason, if we ever made the argument, why we will obey Jesus over any other human institution, no matter if it's good government or not. Because anything that's above Jesus is God, is the King. And I tell you the truth, nothing is above our Jesus. Because think about that little statement in Philippians, every knee will bow to Jesus. He is the only one that has true dominion, rules everything and everybody, not just in some future, whatever the end of time plays out to be, and not in the new creation of the heavens and the new earth and all that. I mean like today. He is king ruling over everybody and everything today. Right now, even if you don't believe that, even if you don't recognize that authority and that rule of Jesus, it's still happening. Because think about this. Think of the Philippians passage. Whoever has the last word is the one that's really in charge. And Jesus, my friends, has the last word. So no matter what you think about your life or what people and atheists think about their life and what they can do and what they can't do, or I don't have to listen to Christians or whatever, or evil politicians in power who basically make wholesale the murder of babies a good thing for society, they will answer to King Jesus. Every knee will bow at this seat. Everybody will stand before the judgment seat of Christ. You, me, all of us. Jesus is the one true king and that's why in our passage, our gospel passage, him riding on this donkey is so significant because in this riding of the donkey he's fulfilling prophecy. It's a demonstration that he is claiming for himself, I am this king the people have been waiting for. Jesus is the providential king who has come into the world. Because all throughout the Old Testament, there's this on and off, this clandestine figure, as you know, and we know it's Jesus, but he comes up time and time again. We read a lot of those passages in Advent, from Isaiah, and Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, and even before that. Even all the way back to the garden, there's all these breadcrumbs in the Old Testament, these plithy statements, or these cryptic prophecies that this figure one day will come, called the Messiah, And he's going to be king over everything. He's going to rule Israel. He's going to rule the nations. Look at our Zechariah passage. He's going to be the one true king will come to you. And he's going to rule from the whole land and the whole earth. Think of Psalm 2, you know, the inheritance of the nations of the entire universe. He says, this is for you, my chosen king. Like it's all over the Old Testament. This figure will come. And in Zechariah, it gets narrowed down where he's like, he's gonna come to you riding on a donkey. He's gonna come to you riding on a, not on a war horse, not in a chariot, not with some great army to conquer and destroy life. He's gonna come humbly on a beast of burden, because that's the type of king he is. He has come to liberate, to be a servant, to save, not to destroy. He's humble, he's lowly. And so when they see this, And they recognize the event. Remember, they know their Bible. They see him riding on the donkey, and they're like, he's saying he's the king. He's coming out, he's publicly telling us, I am who you've been waiting for. Because think of all the years of Jesus's ministry up to this point. At one point, remember, they tried to make him king by force, which is a crazy concept, because they saw the miracles when he fed him the loaves of bread. But now, and he fled from that scene. But he spent all these years doing miracles and ministry and proving that he's got power over sin, death, and the devil. And now he's actually coming out and saying, I'm not just a prophet. I'm not just this really good teacher for you. I am your king. I am the promised king. I am the providential king who knows all things. And he's doing this in open, unashamed display. It's why they go crazy. It's why they start shouting out for Jesus. They understand what is happening in front of their eyes. They're excited. And I imagine the same type of anticipation and fervor they're feeling in this moment is let's say, and I don't fully know how the end will play out, but let's say between the last trumpet and Jesus actually coming back to fix everything, When he returns, let's say we get a moment in the air where everything is suspended before like the events play out and we were in a big crowd, we'd be like, he's here, he's here. This is the best thing ever. And then everybody else is going to be sad. But that's what it's like. There's this great anticipation. He's coming. He's here. He's with us. They're going crazy. But think of how also personal it is idea of Jesus being the providential king, meaning he knows the end from the beginning. He knows all things. There's no variables for Jesus. It's all figured out. Because look at what he tells the disciples. He says, I want you to go get this donkey for me. Can you imagine like in this moment, you're the disciples and he's like, hey, here's what I want you to do. I want you to go into the town and you're going to see a donkey. I just want you to take it. And then when people ask you, why are you taking it? Just say, the Lord has need of it. Talking about himself. And they're going to let you. And it's a little phrase here, but think about how in control Jesus is of this whole situation, how he's the providential king. Verse 32 says, so those who were sent their way, these apostles, to go get this donkey, it says, they went their way and found it just as he had said to them. Just think of how Jesus is not like, he's not winging it, guys. That's what I'm trying to say. He's not just like, man, I hope there's a donkey out there and that they find it for me. I hope that this is just like gonna work out. He's like, he knows this, he's in control. Because Jesus is the Lord. He's God in the flesh. There's no unknown variables to them. So by going and seeing it the way he described it and then saying this phrase and they're allowing it, it's like, think of the personal verification these guys are getting in this moment. How solid it is for them. They're like, oh, he said this is going to happen just like this. He's a true prophet. I can trust him in this moment. And think how that can translate to your life. If Christ really is your king, and he knows all things, and he knows the beginning from the end, and he knows all the variables, so when Christ tells you to go somewhere or do something, or your life feels like it's out of control, or things in your job change, or your health changes, or whatever, guys, he knew where the donkey would be. He knew how to get it. He knows all things. You can trust him with everything. It'll be according to his will in your life. There's no stone unturned in your life that our king does not know about. That's the type of king he is. He's a providential king. He was promised of old. He's here in their presence now. And he's reminding them even in this moment, I got this. I am your true shepherd. I am the good king. There's nothing you need to fear. because they don't have the full gospel story yet. You know, they're going to get afraid. They're going to abandon Jesus. Maundy Thursday and Good Friday is going to happen. But think about how after the fact they're going to look back on this and remember in their lives like, man, it was just like you said it was going to be. Because think of how many times at this moment Jesus told them, we're going to go to Jerusalem. I'm going to be betrayed. I'm going to be like, and handed over to the Gentiles to be killed. Like he told them that multiple times. And it happens. Our Jesus is a providential king. He's got this in the bag, guys. We don't have to be afraid. His people don't have to be afraid of anything. He knows. Take heart. And now the crowds, though, like I said, they're responding to Jesus and they're ecstatic. They're psyched up. They're like, they understand what's happening in front of their eyes. And they have this welcome parade for Jesus now. They're getting fired up. They're putting their cloaks on the roads. The other gospel says they have the palm branches they cut down and throw them on the ground. And there's a practical reason for not kicking up dust. But it's also an honor thing. It's a parade essentially for a ruler. Because think of how many times even in our own history, think of inauguration days, think of every time a new president, think of the major holidays. We have these giant parades and it's like all this fanfare. It's kind of like that for Jesus. They recognize the king is coming to his city and they are fired up. And it says they remembered all the great deeds they have done. And they're like, this guy that can raise the dead, this guy that can drive out demons, this guy that can heal those born blind, he is the king and he's here. And they start praising him and think of all the messianic prophecies about this figure that would come to rule. He's good. He's actually praiseworthy. Because think about this. Many of us can say, this is more of a Trump church, so it's okay to say this out loud. If you're watching on the internet, that's okay. But like most of us in the evangelical conservative circles, we'll say good things about our current administration, current president. We'll praise and say nice things and all that. But this, our current president, he's going to die one day and just be a name in history. And like the kid's sermon, how much more valuable is the name and praiseworthiness of Jesus than even the good and best administration of government of men. And so the crowds, they're praising him for who he really is. He is the king that will come that will actually bring peace. He'll bring everlasting righteousness. The government will be upon his shoulders. He'll rule all things. He will rule on God's behalf. He's humble. He's lowly. He's not a dictator. He's not just some evil guy in charge that is, you know, taking money off the top and sending it back to himself. He's not like that. He's not like other kings. Because I said the best human rulers on their best day are still wicked sinners at their core, like you and like me, correct? Not Jesus. He is actually a good king. Because we can have presidents that I'm sure in an honest fashion, and even in our own country, we have good leaders that can honestly say, I want to do best by the people for the people. I want to believe that, right? I want to have some confidence that those in power actually care and work on our behalf. To some extent, correct? How much more God in the flesh, who made us, loves us, and came to save us. He really is praiseworthy. It's the reason why we're here today. More books have been written about Jesus. More songs have been written about Jesus. More everything has been written about Jesus and names of people have come and gone in history. But the praise of our king has lasted for thousands of years. He is a praiseworthy king. And in that we find true joy. Do you praise Jesus for who he is? Is he praiseworthy to you? or see some distant cosmic space king that has no interest in you and your life and rule over you. Not according to the Bible. Our Jesus is good, humble, worthy of praise, and he is the only king that can bring true peace, true salvation. This idea of true shalom. We read it, I think, in our Colossians passage a week or so ago. It said, you are complete in Christ. This idea of completeness is a circle. You have everything you need in Jesus. I didn't fully see this movie, and I like good movie anecdotes, so bear with me. I never saw Jerry Maguire, but isn't that the movie where he has that love scene where he's like, you complete me, and he does the circle thing? Anybody ever see that? Wrong crowd. Lonnie, is it true? Okay, I didn't see the whole movie, but that's like one of those forever movie cycles that people don't forget, like the notebook and those types of things. That sounds nice when we say things like that, like you complete me, you know, but that's just, That's not true because I'm going to die still. But Jesus brings peace, shalom, completeness, wholeness. That is what we mean by salvation. You can use peace of God and salvation almost as synonyms because peace means wholeness, shalom in a Jewish sense. So when Jesus starts to lament the city, which he goes from a parade to a funeral dirge in a quick moment, He's like, you reject the things that bring you peace. Remember at Christmas, Jesus is the prince of peace, the one that brings shalom, completeness, wholeness. And ever since the day in the garden when Adam and Eve brought sin, death, and destruction on our entire species and the cosmos, there has been no shalom. There's just been death, decay, and chaos. But in Jesus's resurrection, When he brings the new creation in, rising from the dead, escaping death itself, he is bringing true completeness, true peace, true shalom. Romans 5 talks about how that through Jesus we are no longer objects of God's wrath. Jesus brings us real peace with the Almighty. And look how now, since that's what he's about, he is the prince of peace. He comes to bring you peace. He's not just a king that has come to destroy and subjugate you. He is the king that has come to free you, liberate you, bring you into his kingdom, and give you real peace. Like the kid's sermon. What is that worth to you? How do you value that? For him, it was through his cross, through his resurrection, through his shed blood. But that is the type of king Jesus is, the king of peace. The peace that rules in our hearts, the peace that brings us completeness. And look how he mourns when those people reject his peace offer to them. He's like, a day is coming when you and your children and all who have rejected me will die. The entire city will be torn down and not a stone will be left. And friends, 40 years after the resurrection, Jesus sent his avenging army of the Romans and destroyed his city. because they broke covenant with their king. They rejected the king of peace. They rejected his olive branch to them. And so is it with all who reject Jesus Christ as their king. You have no life and you have no peace. And just as we can look back in history and saw how the Jews were destroyed because of this, it's a forever living testimony to anyone who rejects Jesus, that same type of fate awaits you. Death and destruction. You either receive the terms of peace from the King, that's actually for your good and live, or you will die. There is no in between, it's life or death. And look how he says, it's you and your children. If you love your children and you're sitting here today, I beg you, teach them who Jesus is, because they will suffer the same fate as you. From Noah's flood, to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, from the Babylonians, and every time Jerusalem gets destroyed or there's global catastrophe like that, it always says, you and your children will suffer because of it. So as parents, if you love your children, I beg you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, introduce them to the King of Peace so they can live. You may not want life, but for your children's sake, I beg you, Do not let them die because of your wicked hearts. Introduce them to the king of peace. But in order for that peace to come, or I better put it this way. Jesus offers us real peace. And that peace though is to purify us too. Because look at Jesus's priority here. He then goes to the temple. The first order, his first executive action, what is it? After his parade, his first executive action, his first executive order isn't to establish some earthly kingdom down here, is it? It's worship of the living God. Jesus's first priority is proper worship, proper relationship with the living God. That's the fullness of peace come to us. So he purifies the temple, he kicks out the money changers. I mean, imagine if you came to church and we said, listen, if you want to celebrate communion with us, that's great, but it's for the low price of $1,000 for your little shot cup juice glass thingy. And you can't bring your own, don't bring outside communion in here. You can only buy the official Grace Community Church brand. That's what's happening here. And by the way, you can't just use USD, you have to use special grace dollars, which have an exchange rate too. That's what's happening in the temple. People are coming to worship across the earth. Remember, this is Passover season. This is where huge pilgrimage feasts, people are coming in and they're getting ripped off at the house of God. People are profiting off of worship. Now they can pat themselves on the back saying, well, I'm doing a good thing. I'm providing animals for sacrifice at an astounding rate. But what does Jesus say to that? It's wicked and it's evil. Proper worship. That's his first executive order. Remember after the exile when Ezra and Nehemiah came back? Before they built the walls of Jerusalem, what was God's first command to the people to rebuild? Someone knows the answer. The temple. Before your personal security, before your own happiness, before the other things you think are important in your life, what is God's ultimate priority always the first thing? Proper worship and relationship. Because the people were rejecting it, they were rejecting peace. But Jesus is showing them, you want that peace? You have to have proper order of relationship. You have to have pure worship of the living God. And folks, now that we're after the resurrection, and we have the full gospel story, the only way that comes to us now, this full peace, this full relationship and restoration, this first good priority, is understanding and believing in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the ultimate go-to, the ultimate answer to. He is the door, the great shepherd, the great king, all the different synonyms we can find for Jesus, all the different illustrations and analogies. This is who he is. We can talk about, especially in American culture, we say things like, how many times have you met people that talk about God in a very generic way? Like even on our coins, in God we trust. That can mean something from the Jewish person to the Muslim to the Christian. We can all read that little phrase and it means something vastly different, correct? But what do we mean when we say something like that in God we trust? We mean King Jesus, the one who purifies our hearts for himself, that enters our hearts, rules in our hearts, is really our King. And so I got a whole bunch of notes, but we're coming to a close, but simply this, Palm Sunday, Jesus is putting on display that he is the one true king. He was promised, and he came. He's providential. He knows all things. He can speak anything into our lives, and we don't need to worry. He's praiseworthy as the king. Every knee will bow and confess Jesus Christ is Lord. Everyone, even unbelievers. He's worthy to be praised, and he wants to bring you peace. but a part of that peace receiving process is to be purified. We all have idols of our hearts. We all disobey God. Remember Zacchaeus last week? He's like, I'm going to restore my relationship with God vertically and horizontally with people. It's the same idea. Jesus's priority is proper worship and relationship with God, which by necessity, come on, let's think of the two great commandments. To be right with God, I have to love the Lord my God with all my heart, soul, body, mind, strength, that type of talk. And the second, just like it, I must love my neighbor as myself. And as we're gonna see on Maundy Thursday, Jesus takes it up a notch even further, not just to love my neighbor as myself, because I'm very flawed at that. He says, here's how, this is what I really mean when I say that. I want you to love people like I love you. Which goes back to him riding the donkey. How does Jesus love us? He is the greatest servant. He washed the feet. He demonstrated him who he is, right? The son of man came to serve and to save. That is how we love our neighbor. Is that your heart and my heart? Because this is our king, friends. And he is good. And he loves you. It's not a problem with Jesus. It's a problem with us. Is Jesus your king? Only you can answer that. And if you in good conscience could say, no, I like things about Jesus, but he's not my king. Kind of like how in our day people go, that's not my president. It's like, well, he's factually your president, whether you believe it or not, right? That's just a foolish thing to say. Jesus, whether you like it or not, think it or not, agree or disagree, is your king. And I'm not trying to quote this wrong, but Cindy Sherling's funeral said one of the most poignant, clearest answering machine messages. So don't be sad if I butcher it, but God is true and real, sin is destructive, death is certain, and salvation can be a gift and sure, something like that. I haven't like forgotten those principles because they're so simple of the gospel. Your death is certain, my friend. You will stand before Jesus. you will stand before the great king. And you either already have that good pardon, and you're excited to see him, and he's excited to see you on that day, or it'll be a day of judgment. And just like the city was destroyed by the Romans, that's all you have left to hope in that moment. Do you wanna live? Let's pray. Lord Jesus, we come before you. help clear up any thoughts or confusion, but the message is very plain on Palm Sunday. The king has come to his city. You are the one true king, Jesus. You're in control of all things. You know all things. We can trust you. You've came to save us as the king, the good king. You don't want any to perish, and you offer them true peace and true life. They just have to reach out and grab hold of your hand. And you've already done the work of reaching out and grabbing theirs. I pray, Lord, that you would remove all obstacles from our hearts and minds that stop us from loving you and trusting you. Do great things. If there's somebody here today that has no confidence in their death, has guilt in their heart, shame for what they've done, Lord, I pray that you, the King of Peace, would meet them now. Bring salvation to your people day in and day out. We love you. We need you. And thank you for this Lord's Day where we can be reminded of your great glory, the great true King. Help us all. Put you on that high throne of our hearts where you properly belong for the glory of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, we pray.