Last Palm Sunday, Catholics from all walks of life, who bought palaspas for the obligatory blessing during the Holy Week opening, witnessed just one of the many artistic applications of the Philippine palm.
I can almost see them posing as penitents, doing Visita Iglesia, just to capture a few more followers
Fr. Hans Kung, SJ, wrote that while we do not plan for suffering, inevitably we will suffer for what we believe in. This sums up the suffering and passion of Our Lord, as we observe the sacred season of Holy Week.
It is Palm Sunday. Holy Week begins today. I will be at Walkway: Reflections on the Stations of the Cross.
Palm Sunday. Holy Week starts today. Easter is almost upon us. The exodus has begun.
MANTRA for the week: “I always have a choice... I choose to be happy.”
Christians worldwide began to observe Holy Week on Sunday with the celebration of Palm Sunday, the remembrance of Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem before His suffering and death almost 2,000 years ago.
Today it starts. Holy Week. It is Palm Sunday. We remember the joyous story in the Bible of Jesus’ triumphal...
The raising of Lazarus, this Sunday’s Gospel, is the final miracle in the Gospel of John. After this, Christ journeys to Jerusalem. This is the final Sunday of Lent, and next Sunday we start Holy Week with Passion or Palm Sunday.
It will soon be Holy Week. The heat in Manila has people thinking of an escape to cooler climes. I wonder who will brave the traffic and trek up to Baguio. It is crazy to be on the road on that last week of Lent. Friends of mine tried it last year, and it took almost 10 hours to get to Kennon.
