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Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday, also known as Passion Sunday, begins the Church’s celebration of Holy Week. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem “manifested the coming of the kingdom that the King-Messiah was going to accomplish by the Passover of his Death and Resurrection” (No. 560).
“This was not the first time that the people recognized Christ as the king they expected. It had already happened after the miraculous multiplication of the loaves, when the crowd wanted to carry him in triumph. Jesus knew however that his kingdom was not of this world; for this reason he had fled from their enthusiasm. He now sets out for Jerusalem to face the trial that awaits him. He is aware that he is going there for the last time, for a ‘holy’ week, at the end of which the passion, cross and death await him. He faces all this with complete willingness, knowing that in this way the Father’s eternal plan will be fulfilled in him.
“Since that day, the Church throughout the world has repeated the words of the crowd in Jerusalem: ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’ She repeats it every day while celebrating the Eucharist, shortly before the consecration. She repeats it with particular emphasis today, Palm Sunday.”
— Homily by Pope St. John Paul II for Palm Sunday
St. Peter’s Square
March 23, 1997
Holy Thursday
Continued below.
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Palm Sunday, also known as Passion Sunday, begins the Church’s celebration of Holy Week. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem “manifested the coming of the kingdom that the King-Messiah was going to accomplish by the Passover of his Death and Resurrection” (No. 560).
“This was not the first time that the people recognized Christ as the king they expected. It had already happened after the miraculous multiplication of the loaves, when the crowd wanted to carry him in triumph. Jesus knew however that his kingdom was not of this world; for this reason he had fled from their enthusiasm. He now sets out for Jerusalem to face the trial that awaits him. He is aware that he is going there for the last time, for a ‘holy’ week, at the end of which the passion, cross and death await him. He faces all this with complete willingness, knowing that in this way the Father’s eternal plan will be fulfilled in him.
“Since that day, the Church throughout the world has repeated the words of the crowd in Jerusalem: ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’ She repeats it every day while celebrating the Eucharist, shortly before the consecration. She repeats it with particular emphasis today, Palm Sunday.”
— Homily by Pope St. John Paul II for Palm Sunday
St. Peter’s Square
March 23, 1997
Holy Thursday
Continued below.
The ultimate guide to Holy Week with Pope John Paul II
Dive into Holy Week with us through the lens of Pope St. John Paul II, with words from the pontiff reflecting on each of these major moments of the holiest week of the year.
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