Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord is April 2th, 2023.
Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified.
Palm Sunday is known as such because the faithful will often receive palm fronds which they use to participate in the reenactment of Christ's arrival in Jerusalem. In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey, and to the lavish praise of the townspeople who threw clothes, or possibly palms or small branches, in front of him as a sign of homage. This was a customary practice for people of great respect.
Palm branches are widely recognized symbol of peace and victory, hence their preferred use on Palm Sunday.
The use of a donkey instead of a horse is highly symbolic, it represents the humble arrival of someone in peace, as opposed to arriving on a steed in war.
A week later, Christ would rise from the dead on the first Easter.
- Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, April 8, 2009
April 2nd: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Mass Times: Saturday 4:00PM, Sunday 8:00AM and 10:30AM
Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem.
April 6th: Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper
Mass Time 7:00PM
Holy Thursday is the celebration of Christ's Last Supper with His disciples.
April 7th: Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
Liturgy & Veneration of the Cross: 7:00PM
Good Friday is the day on which Catholics commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
April 8th: Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil of the Holy Night
Mass Time 7:00PM,
The Easter Vigil Mass is one of the most beautiful and sacred Masses of the year. Light of Hope.
April 9th: Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord.
Mass Time: 8:00AM & 10:30AM,
Easter is the celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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