Palm Sunday / Blessing of Palms
Branches waved and blessed, the crowd's welcome to Christ entering Jerusalem
Palm Sunday opens Holy Week, recalling Christ's entry into Jerusalem greeted with branches. The pilgrim Egeria describes a palm procession on the Mount of Olives around 380. Today Catholic, Orthodox, Oriental, Anglican, and Lutheran communities all keep the day, blessing branches and carrying them in procession; the greenery varies by region, with palm, willow, or pussy-willow used where palms do not grow.
Key passages(2)
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they took the branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”
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Oration on the Palms. ———————————— I. Blessed be God; let us proceed, brethren, from wonders to the miracles of the Lord, and as it were, from strength to strength. II. To-day, holy David rejoices
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