Passion (Palm) Sunday |
They brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks across its back, and he sat on it. (Mark 11:7) Reflection. Lenten Fact According to the account of a fifth-century Spanish pilgrim to the Holy Land, Passion Sunday Mass was celebrated in Jerusalem at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. After this the people were invited to meet again in the afternoon at the Mount of Olives, in the Church of Eleona (the grotto of the Our Father). They then proceeded to the Church of the Ascension for a service consisting of hymns and antiphons, readings and prayers, where at five o'clock in the afternoon the Gospel of the palms was read and the procession set out for the city. The people responded to the antiphons with the acclamation, "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord," as we say even today. |
Monday of Holy Week |
Then she dried his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the ointments fragrance. (John 12:3) Reflection.
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