Christ's journey to Jerusalem on (what we know as) Palm Sunday was a noisy scene. The excited crowds laid their cloaks on the road for His donkey transport to walk on, while they were singing and chanting from Psalm 118: "Hosanna to the Son of David"; and, "Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord". The children were more perceptive than many of the adults and realised that Jesus was indeed somebody so special that they could not keep quiet about Him.
 
After overturning the market stalls of rogue traders who were profiting from their religion - especially good business at a festival - blind and lame people came to Him in the temple. We do not know how they got in because they were not allowed as they were considered unclean (their disability presumed that they were sinful and therefore offensive to God). As they pressed through to find Jesus, He healed them ... and there was more rejoicing.
 
The children's excitement continued. They kept on crying out, "Hosanna to the Son of David": but that really irritated the religious leaders. After all, they wanted to put out the Light of Jesus, not have it shine more brightly. They did not conceal their disgust at the presence of Jesus or His young admirers. Jesus responded by quoting from Psalm 8:2 telling them that God deliberately commanded children to praise Him. They had no political agenda but simply expressed the truth and told God how glad they were to know Jesus. They received the Light and shone brightly themselves. Meanwhile the religious leaders were plotting to extinguish the Light.
 
Some people prefer to live in the darkness because they are afraid that the light will reveal what they are like (John 3:19-21). Indeed all of humanity is essentially guilty before God and tries to hide away from Him (as Adam and Eve did). All over the world, people who are hiding from God resent the Light of Christ and try to extinguish it. That is why they persecute His followers in every continent. They believe that if they can get rid of the 'Light-bearers', they can do whatever they like to gain power and wealth. But the Light cannot be extinguished. The cross was followed by the resurrection; and the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church (as the 2nd Century church father, Tertullian, wrote). Even today, faithful believers bring Christ's Light to people who are willing to deny their prejudices and receive His love.