Category: Passion Palm Sunday

Holy Week Has Begun

As Holy Week approached this year, I felt overwhelmed. There was so much I wanted to say, and yet the words were not forthcoming. Instead, a question rose inside me. What is the true meaning and message behind Holy Week?

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And So It Begins

Hosanna
Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Hosanna
Hey Sanna Hosanna
Hey JC, JC won’t you smile at me?
Sanna Hosanna
Hey Superstar

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Palm Sunday’s Feast of Gabriel

First lets get the Feast of Saint Gabriel out of the way. Prior to Vatican II and it’s many simplified changes in the traditional observances of the faith, three of the most predominant Archangels – Gabriel; Raphael and Michael each had their own feast day.

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A Palm Sunday Celebration

Today Christians around the world celebrate Palm or Passion Sunday. On this day, we recall Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It marks the start of Holy Week, and a time of great reflection.

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A Very Special Sunday Family Supper

Easter is a moveable feast, tied to the Spring Equinox and the first full moon of spring. The earliest believers in the Church of Asia Minor wished to keep the observance of Easter tied to the Jewish Passover. After all, it was the observance of Passover that brought Christ and his followers to Jerusalem.

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The Passion of Palm Sunday

Beginning in the forth century in Jerusalem, Palm Sunday has been marked by a procession of the faithful carrying palm branches. They trace the steps of the Jews who celebrated Christ’s entrance into the city. The procession began on the Mount of Ascension and proceeded to the Church of the Holy Cross.

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