PALM SUNDAY
‘Blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord’
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week.
The word holy means ‘set-apart’. Holy Week,
‘an tSeachtain Mhór’, is indeed set apart from all
other weeks on the Church’s calendar. It brings
us to the centre of who we are. It takes us to the
heart of our faith. On Holy Thursday we will give
thanks for the incomparable gifts of the Eucharist
and priesthood. On Good Friday we will raise
the Cross high and salute the ‘triumph of failure’
which was the ‘triumph of love’. On Holy
Saturday night we will light the Paschal Candle
and proclaim joyfully that the Lord is risen; we
are going somewhere; the grave will never be our
final address; life never ends and love never dies.
As we journey through the week may our faith be
renewed, our hope strengthened.
By His cross and resurrection He has set us free.