When is Palm Sunday celebrated?

When is Palm Sunday celebrated?

This year 2022, Palm Sunday will be this April 10.

With this important celebration of the Catholic Church, the Holy Week, also known as the Holy Weekwhere countless rites are performed on the various holy days, from the establishment of the Eucharist, the Way of the Cross or Passion of Christ Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and finally the Easter celebration on Sunday with the resurrection of Jesus.

On Palm Sunday, the ceremony that commemorates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem takes place in the masses, when the faithful wave palms as he passes.

This is how the stage of Lent is ending, the 40 days in which the Catholic faithful have the opportunity to repent and also live charity, fasting and prayer, to reach Easter.

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Palm Sunday is also known as “Sunday of the Lord’s Passion”.

The liturgical ceremonies of Palm Sunday begin with the blessing of the palms that the faithful carry to the parish mass, recalling this passage from the Gospel. There are parishes that carry out processions so that the faithful relive the passage of the Gospel. Many of the faithful take the blessed bouquets as a reminder of this ceremony to their homes.

Meanwhile, in the parishes the palms are burned and those ashes are used for Ash Wednesday of the following year. (I)

Source: Eluniverso

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