THE FEAST OF PALM SUNDAY always falls on the Sunday before Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of Jesus. It commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on a donkey, symbolizing his arrival in peace. In Eastern tradition, a donkey is an animal of peace and a horse is an animal of war. Palm Sunday is marked by distribution of palm leaves, blessed by the priest with Holy Water before the Mass, to the assembled worshippers. The palm branches are taken home by the faithful, tied into crosses, and are placed at the altar, or above the doorways and windows. The palm leaves left at the church are dried and then burnt for next year distribution of ashes on Ash Wednesday - the beginning of Lenten Season.
"The white-clad multitude stand before the Throne and Lamb holding palm branches." Revelation 7.9
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| Jesus looking at Jerusalem |
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Palm tree as old as the Old City of Jerusalem.  |
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