But here on Palm Sunday, as we enter this holiest week of the year, such explanations must necessarily fail. The Divine Worship Missal provides an introduction to the whole week, if you will, in this prayer said just before the blessing of the palms: “Assist us mercifully with thy help,...
Further, it recognizes the meaning of Palm Sunday, which has been perceived as the emotional highpoint of the apostles' lives, during which they longed to see Jesus acclaimed by his people, riding throug...
Palm Sunday commemorates when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey right before his death. Although the people cried, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” and greeted Him with anxious expectation.
And it is even more interesting if you apply that ultimate requirement of the 16th century Reformation for changes in Church teaching, the“sola scriptura”test. This states simply that if you cannot prove your case from Scripture, then it fails. Both the Catholic and the Orthodox churches reje...
Why is the Lord’s Passion read on Palm Sunday? Answer: One reason is tradition. The other is that Holy Thursday and Good Friday are not days of obligation. Having the Passion read on Palm Sunday allows as many Catholics as possible to liturgically participate in the Passion. ...
If you can control the meaning of words, you can cntrol the people who must use the words. - Philip K Dick Anxiety/worry is the opposite of faith - copied Christianity, if false is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately ...
The story’s third meaning is in its foreshadowing of the foot-washing, when Jesus, on the night before he died, knelt at the feet of his friends to perform the work of a servant, surrendering his power for love’s sake. The foot-washing marked the turning point from a paradigm of do...
“Good” Friday, and there are a number of theories to explain why. The word “Good” may simply be a different spelling or rendering of “God,” or it may have been another, now lost, meaning of “holy.” Another theory is that the tragedy of the crucifixion of Jesus brought great ...
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