Palm Sunday is April 9, 2017

Palm Sunday is April 9, 2017

 

Palm Sunday is the day when Christians celebrate the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, the week before his death and resurrection. Palm Sunday is often called “Passion Sunday” is the last Sunday of Lent and it marks the beginning of Holy Week, which ends on Easter Sunday. This year  Palm Sunday is April 9, 2017.

 

 

Palm branches, which are recognized for peace and victory are handed out to the parishioners before Mass and are then Blessed at the beginning of Mass with the Priest walking up and down the pews sprinkling Holy Water on them.  Once the palms are blessed, they can not be thrown in the trash. Any palms that are left in the church will be incinerated to create the ashes that will be used in the follow year’s Ash Wednesday observance.

 

The color during Lent is purple, then the Mass on Palm Sunday is changed to red and white which symbolizes the redemption in blood that Jesus Christ paid for the world. This is a picture of our church, Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church during Palm Sunday celebration.

Below is a blog I wrote last your about Palm Sunday and added the beautiful songs that were sung during Mass.

 

 

Palm Sunday

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Martha DeMeo

I started my blog on Christmas Day 2014 mainly to review products I received. Since then it has evolved into many other categories of lifestyles, family, money saving ideas, low cost, delicious and healthy meals plus other surprise posts. My granddaughter has her own category, Alex's Articles and the latest addition to my blog is my great granddaughter now has her category, Lia's Likings The Baby Blogger! Lia started blogger at 8 months old and she now has a Friday Story Time blog you won't want to miss! I welcome you to join the conversation, ask a question, give a suggestion or leave a comment on any blog post. I hope you enjoy Lia's Likings, she has some great posts that will make you smile!

4 Discussion to this post

  1. Rich says:

    Such a amazing woman

  2. Mary Lou says:

    Beautiful post! Today’s Palm Sunday (and it’s the 9th). 😉
    https://meinthemiddlewrites.com/

    • Martha says:

      OMG, I know that! LOL We went to Mass last night and the bulletin said April 9, I guess I had brain fade and thought it was Saturday’s date! Thanks for letting me know Mary Lou, I’ve correct it!

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