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ABOUT PALM SUNDAY

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HAPPY PALM SUNDAY 🙏🙏🙏 In ancient times, palm branches symbolized goodness and victory. They were often depicted on coins and important buildings. Solomon had palm branches carved into the walls and doors of the temple (1 Kings 6:29). Again at the end of the Bible, people from every nation raise palm branches to honor Jesus (Revelation 7:9). Palm Sunday commemorates the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1–9), when palm branches were placed in his path, before his arrest on Holy Thursday and his crucifixion on Good Friday. It thus marks the beginning of  Holy Week , the final week of Lent. In the  Roman Catholic Church , as well as among many  Anglican and  Lutheran  congregations, palm fronds (or in colder climates some kind of substitutes) are  blessed  with an  aspergillum outside the church building in an event called the "blessing of palms" if using palm leaves (or in cold climates in the  narthex when Easter falls ea...