Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Palm Sunday (also known as Passion Sunday) gives us a reason to put a pause on everything—and ponder why you have your faith and ...

For the sake of new readers, given my Jewish birth and upbringing, I always confess that until my mid-20s, I thought Palm Sunday was about glorifying palm trees. That is not a joke. Of course, palm ...

Happy Palm Sunday! Long-time readers might remember my writing about growing up Jewish; I thought Palm Sunday glorified palm trees and Good Friday was a Friday in spring that was “good.” So for ...

Palm Sunday is the only time during the year that a Mass has two Gospels. Because this is “Palm Sunday,” there can be at the beginning of Mass a formal processional entrance into the church, bearing ...

Palm Sunday is not a liturgy for the faint-hearted. We start with a Gospel reading and procession, followed by the full eucharistic celebration. Selections from Isaiah and Paul place Jesus' last hours ...

Palm Sunday commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when he was greeted by cheering crowds waving palm branches that they set out on the ground along his path ...

With Holy Week approaching, Christians are making preparations for Palm Sunday, which honors the last days of Jesus, his trial and crucifixion. It's celebrated on the first day of Holy Week and the ...

This day we call Palm Sunday, or in our odd, ecclesial grammar, "Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion," always gives us too much to take in. It begins with Jesus’ entry into the holy city of Jerusalem ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you observe Palm Sunday or you're learning about it for the first time, read on for everything you need to know about the ...

Sunday, April 10, 2022, is Palm Sunday — also called Passion Sunday — the day that Christians commemorate the entrance of Jesus into the holy city of Jerusalem prior to his crucifixion. As described ...

Holy Week is a week of moveable observances that take place during the final week of Lent, leading up to Easter. It includes the events of Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the ...