PALM SUNDAY
Sun, Apr 13
|Saint Joseph Catholic Church
Usual Mass Schedule / Horario habitual de Misas


Time & Location
Apr 13, 2025, 8:30 AM
Saint Joseph Catholic Church , 514 24th St, Ogden, UT 84401, USA
About the event
Overview of Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is a significant day in the Catholic Church, marking the beginning of Holy Week, which leads up to Easter Sunday. It commemorates the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, an event that is documented in all four Gospels.
Liturgical Significance
On Palm Sunday, the Catholic Mass includes a special liturgy that features the blessing and distribution of palm branches, symbolizing the palms that the crowd laid down before Jesus as he entered the city. The palms are often taken home by the faithful as a reminder of this event and are sometimes burned to create ashes for the following year's Ash Wednesday.
Scriptural References
The events of Palm Sunday are recounted in the Gospels, where Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey, fulfilling the prophecy from Zechariah 9:9. The crowds greet him with shouts of "Hosanna" and wave palm branches, recognizing him a…
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