Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

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April 5th, 2020, Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.

CLICK HERE for the Readings of April 5th, 2020.  Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion


SELECT HERE to print or view the Paim Sunday program so you can follow along during the Saint Boniface Mass.

Dear Friends,
In an effort to continue the practice of our faith in these trying times due to the restrictions around the coronavirus, we invite you to join us online for Palm Sunday and Holy Week Masses.

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. 

April 5:  Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord: 
WATCH HERE: Saint Boniface with Fr. Anthony as the celebrant.

SELECT HERE to print or view the Paim Sunday program so you can follow along during the Mass.

Holy Thursday is the celebration of Christ's Last Supper with His disciples.

April 9: Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper:  
WATCH HERE: Saint Boniface with Fr. Anthony as the celebrant.

Good Friday is the day on which Catholics commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

April 10: Good Friday of the Lord's Passion:  
WATCH HERE:  Saint Boniface with Fr. Anthony as the celebrant.

  The Easter Vigil Mass is one of the most beautiful and sacred Masses of the year.  Light of Hope.
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April 11: Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil of the Holy Night :
WATCH HERE:  Rome with Pope Francis as the celebrant.
WATCH HERE:  Saint Boniface with Fr. Anthony as the celebrant.

Easter is the celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

April 12: Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord: 
WATCH HERE:  Rome with Pope Francis as the celebrant.
WATCH HERE:  Diocese of Worcester with Bishop Robert McManus as the celebrant.
WATCH HERE: Los Angeles with Bishop Robert Barron, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, as the celebrant.

VIEW HERE Saint Boniface's YouTube channel.

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord is April 5th, 2020.


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.

Exult greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!  Behold: your king is coming to you, a just savior is he, Humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey...and he will proclaim peace to the nations.  His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.  Zechariah 9:9-10

A week later, Christ would rise from the dead on the first Easter.

“Holy Week, which for Christians is the most important week of the year, gives us the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the central events of the Redemption, to relieve the Paschal Mystery, the great Mystery of faith. . .
May divine grace open our hearts to an understanding of the invaluable gift of salvation, obtained for us by Christ’s sacrifice.”

- Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, April 8, 2009

Can Jesus say ‘something’?  The answer is 'YES' if we are willing to listen, to ‘watch and pray’.  God is not and never silent to us.  READ MORE of our Palm Sunday Reflections.