Palm Sunday

 Blessed Palm Sunday! Palm Sunday goes all the way back to Jesus himself. Palm Sunday is based on Jesus's entrance into Jerusalem. As he enters into Jerusalem, the crowds proclaimed with shouts of Hosanna, and carrying palms. So, we see that this liturgical action of the church, goes back, in fact imitates, the actions of the first century, of Christ himself. Which, all Liturgical actions are in imitation of Christ. Such as, the very Eucharist that is the core of all liturgical celebrations.

Now, Palm Sunday is an interesting Liturgical Day. Palm Sunday begins for most of us, with a blessing and longer procession. On the right you can see a photo at my local FSSP Apostolate. There are two forms used, the '55 and the '62. The main difference is liturgical color, used during the blessing. Now there are some other differences. A lot of missals, such as the St Edmund Campion (Published by Sophia Press, and edited by Jeff Ostrowski), provide both forms of this. In the 55, purple vestments are used for both the blessing of the palms and for the mass. The blessing begins with a cope worn by the celebrant. The '62, however uses red during the blessing, and purple for the mass. And then the Novus Ordo uses Red for both.

Another intresting thing is the fact that the priest used to hit the shaft of the cross against the door. Very similiar to how the Archbishop of Paris, used the shaft of his croizer to knock on the door of Notre Dame Cathedral.

We used Incense at our mass, which I was in charge of. And we can't forget the long passion gospel, used in all three forms of the mass. Which, at our parish, we have the crowd by all the people. I brought my Daily Roman Missal, and left it at the pew. Unfortunately, I left it at my parish, but I'll be back there on Thursday for the Mass of the Lord's supper.

We will look at those days as they Come. And on my main blog, I will be looking at Holy Week, tommorow. I'll leave Palm Sunday here, and I wish you a blessed Holy Week.

Photo Credit: St. Joseph Rockdale FSSP (Facebook Page) - Interestingly enough, photos from last year's Palm Sunday at this apostolate were featured on the 2025 Lenten Memento magazine, published by the Fraternity.

Other photo is mine from my Palm Sunday Mass, me, the celebrant, and deacon