The last week of lent is called Holy Week. This is when we remember the last week of Jesus' life and is the most important time in the Christian year.
Palm Sunday - March 29th
Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week. It reminds us of the journey Jesus made into Jerusalem, on a donkey, to celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover. Jesus chose a donkey to show that he had come in peace. Many people welcomed Jesus by shouting, waving palm branches and throwing branches down in the path of the donkey. They hoped that Jesus was the Saviour who the Bible had promised.
Palm Sunday is both a happy and a sad day. Happy to be singing praises to Jesus but also sad because we know Jesus died less than a week after his arrival in Jerusalem.
Yesterday at Mass - Palm Sunday we had small branches of palms. Left over palms are kept for a special church service on the first day of Lent, the following year, when they are burnt (Ash Wednesday).
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