Palm Sunday

What is Palm Sunday? 

The Sunday before Easter is known as Palm Sunday.

Lets hear about the first Palm Sunday ever in the world: ( Taken from  Mathew 21: 1-11)

Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,  saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, ‘The Lord needs them.’ And he will send them immediately. This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying,“Tell the daughter of Zion,Look, your king is coming to you,    humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.  A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,“Hosanna to the Son of David!    Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!Hosanna in the highest heaven!” When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?” The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”

Lesson: 

So you see, the people knew when they saw our Humble Jesus, the King of Kings  coming riding on a Donkey that this Simple Prophet was in fact a King!!

They welcomed Him amidst joy and happiness and to show their great love for Him they threw their cloaks on the ground as decoration they had Palm that they cut off from the Palm trees that grew there. 

What joy! What happiness - and Jesus of course felt happy :) 

We too can make Jesus happy- by expressing our love for Him when we pray tonight- tell Jesus you love Him and that you want Him to be your friend. Tell Jesus you believe in His love for you!Your love will remind Jesus again of the first Palm Sunday he had thousands of years ago. 

This day marks the preparation of Jesus coming back to life on Easter Sunday - we too are preparing for Our King and Saviour to come as King on Easter Sunday. 

When we go to Church on Palm Sunday, we too will be given Blessed Palms that we can make into a Cross and keep on our Altar. 

The remaining Palm will be preserved for next year and burnt - the ashes from this is used on  Ash Wednesday next year!

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