Palm Sunday (棕枝主日)

#2019-0414

Holy Week, the week just before Easter, is already beginning.

We celebrated Palm Sunday this morning at St. James' -- This was St. James' English congregation's first time to include the Liturgy of the Palms (The Book of Common Prayer, pp. 270-272) in the Palm-Sunday service. The Chinese congregation here, however, has it every year on Palm Sunday.

Many thanks to Ms. Catherine Lee for the photos she took and shared (see below). Thanks also for her preaching in the English service today! ...

Note: The Sunday of the Passion is also known as Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is a Christian movable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. It initiates Holy Week, the last week of Lent.