PALM SUNDAY WEEKEND

PALM SUNDAY WEEKEND · March 23/24
Mass Times · Saturday 5pm, Sunday 8am, 9:30am and 11am

Palm Sunday recalls the story from Scripture of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, greeted by people waving palm branches. It is a reminder for us to welcome Jesus into our hearts and to be willing to follow him. It's a time of reflection on Jesus's sacrifice for all.

THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM · Matthew 21:1-9
1 When they drew near Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,
2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tethered, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them here to me.
3 And if anyone should say anything to you, reply, ‘The master has need of them.’ Then he will send them at once.”
4 This happened so that what had been spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:
5 “Say to daughter Zion,
‘Behold, your king comes to you,
meek and riding on an ass,
and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had ordered them.
7 They brought the ass and the colt and laid their cloaks over them, and he sat upon them.
8 The very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them on the road.
9 The crowds preceding him and those following kept crying out and saying:
“Hosanna to the Son of David;
blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord;
hosanna in the highest.”
10 And when he entered Jerusalem the whole city was shaken*and asked, “Who is this?”
11 And the crowds replied, “This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.”