Tomorrow, March 29, 2015 will be Palm Sunday. It is the start of Holy Week. We bring Palm branches to Church to be blessed, intended for our home altars. How do we prepare our palm branches? Do we make them or do we buy them?
According to the Catholic tradition and transfer of faith that was handed to me, the palm branches represent our welcome for Christ into our lives. Jesus entered Jerusalem on a a donkey and he was given a king's welcome. They were waiting for a Messiah and they were filled with high hopes it was going to be Jesus. They thought Jesus will be another King David for them; someone who will deliver them from their enemies, the Romans.
Palm Sunday is also called Passion Sunday. The Gospel read on this day is the Passion Narrative and the Priest wears red vestments. Passion Sunday readings set the tone for the whole Holy Week.We need to prepare ourselves for another Paschal experience in our lives. Jesus showed us the way and everyday we experience suffering, death and resurrection. We're not aliens to the Paschal experience. We are in fact, so at home with it. We may not naturally like the little and big pains we undergo in life but each time we experience pain, we look forward to deliverance, we look forward to the resurrection.
May Holy Week 2015 bring us to greater depths in our spiritual journey.May we experience a happier Easter and a more meaningful Christian Life this year.
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