Palm Sunday

On Palm Sunday the Church commemorates Christ's Entry into Jerusalem which happened so that He might complete his saving work by dying and rising again.

The liturgy of the day has two distinctive features: the Procession of Palms and the reading of the Passion Gospel.

The Palm Procession is the first of the commemorative liturgical actions of Holy Week which reminds us of the main events in the last week of Christ's ministry. It not only reminds us of Christ's entry into Jerusalem, it is also an act of praise to Christ the King who reigns and triumphs on the cross.

The solemn reading of the Passion Gospel takes us into the very heart of Holy Week. Coming after the procession, it reminds us that the Kingly Power of Christ is the power of self-giving love alone.

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