Sunday, March 16, 2008

Palm Sunday

Today is Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week.
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/palmsunday.htm

This is the day when Christians around the world remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It was a parade with excited people lining the roadsides, waving palm branches and shouting “Hosannah!” a word that sounds a bit to us like “Hooray.” We wave our UK flags at parades. They waved palm branches.

We call it Palm Sunday because of what happened during his entry into Jerusalem.

How do you celebrate Palm Sunday in your country?
Posted by Woodlander at Sunday, March 16, 2008        
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Anonymous said…

The jews lined up along the path of Jesus were acknowledging him as the messia by calling out Hossanna meaning “save us now”.
This is because during the Jewish passover season the father of the family would go into the temple with a palm representing each member of the family and wave it high in the air while circling around the alter and calling out to God to recognize and remember each person symbolized by the palm.When the singing and praying ended there was a rush to stand the palms as closely as possible to the alter in order to bring that person to the attention of the messia in order to be among the first to be saved.
By waving palms at Jesus and throwing them at his feet they were recognizing him as thier savior prommissed by God. The tradition of Palm Sunday was adopted by the church as a continuation of this Jewish feasts tradition and has more meaning than most of us have been taught! Blessed Easter week to all!

March 16, 2008

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