This Palm Sunday, I thought I would share some points for prayer this Holy Week. The overarching theme I propose is the New Evangelization that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI called for as we celebrate the Year of Faith from October 2012 to November 2013.
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.
Today it starts. Holy Week. It is Palm Sunday. We remember the joyous story in the Bible of Jesusâ triumphal...
It is Palm Sunday. Holy Week begins today. I will be at Walkway: Reflections on the Stations of the Cross.Â
The euphoria wonât last. Like the adulation of the crowds during the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, the euphoria over the election of Pope Francis might not last once he poses the âunsettling questionsâ raised against the Church on sexual morality and other âdifficultâ issues confronting modern society, a Church historian said yesterday.
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.
The raising of Lazarus, this Sundayâs 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.
I can almost see them posing as penitents, doing Visita Iglesia, just to capture a few more followers
Pope Francis, celebrating his first Palm Sunday in Vatican City as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, called for personal conversion to check greed and social iniquity âthat hit the weakestâ and the poor.
Palm Sunday. Holy Week starts today. Easter is almost upon us. The exodus has begun.
