MAR 29: BLESSING OF PALMS & PUSSYWILLOWS – 08:45 AM, DIVINE LITURGY & DISTRIBUTION OF PALMS & PUSSYWILLOWS – 9:00 AM (LIVE-STREAMED); ADULT EDUCATION SERIES – 10:10 AM; Followed by: Salade NICOISE Lunch (look for email sign up for the potluck lunch or sign up here: ); DIVINE LITURGY & DISTRIBUTION OF PALMS & PUSSYWILLOWS – 11:00 AM.
The Gospel Reading today is from John 12: 1-18, The Anointing at Bethany and The Triumphal Entry, which occured after Jesus’ glorious miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead. The people, anticipated Jesus’ arrival and heard of the miracle, thus they went out to meet the Lord and welcomed Him with displays of honor and shouts of praise. Palm Sunday, commemorates Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem and marks the beginning of Holy Week.
In various Eastern European countries the use of pussy willows instead of palm fronds were used because the latter were not readily available in the north. There is no canonical requirement as to what kind of branches must be used.
NOTE: Today, Nathaniel McCallum, will continue the education series on the Old Testament after the 9 AM Divine Liturgy! Title: What is the Gospel? A Theological Journey Through the Old Testament. Everyone has an opinion about the scriptures. For some, they are a collection of Iron Age myths or an outdated legal system. For others, they form the basis of monotheism, sometimes with Jesus “bolted on” at the end. When correcting the gnostics, St Irenaeus accused them of having the wrong “hypothesis” of the scriptures. But what is that hypothesis? What is the apostolic deposit? This course, open to teens and adults, will seek to answer this question by probing the structure of the Old Testament. We will use faithful modern scholarship and new archeological discoveries to shine a light on precisely what the apostles taught and why the Catholic reading of scripture is faithful to their vision. Bring a copy of the scriptures and your curiosity!
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BLESSING OF PALMS: Palm_Sunday_Blessing_of_Palms
Streaming via Facebook Live. https://www.facebook.com/saintscyrilandmethodius/
Parishes live-streaming in the Diocese can be found here: https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/directory
PALM SUNDAY: THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF JESUS INTO JERSUSALEM – ACCORDING TO THE BYZANTINE RITE TRADITION (from the Archiparchy of Pittsburgh): https://archpitt.org/palm-sunday-the-triumphal-entry-of-jesus-into-jerusalem-according-to-the-byzantine-rite-tradition/
GOD WITH US ON-LINE – GREAT & HOLY PALM SUNDAY (from April 2, 2023): https://godwithusonline.org/reflections/palm-sunday-ruthenian/
OUR PASCHA JOURNEY 2027:
ByziKids 2027 Countdown to Pascha:
BYZANTINE LITURGICAL THEOLOGY OF GREAT & HOLY WEEK: ENTRANCE INTO JERUSALEM – Byzantine Liturgical Theology of Great and Holy Week Entrance into Jerusalem
