Tomorrow is Palm Sunday

CHRISTIANS and without a doubt Catholics the world over will tomorrow stamp the devour of the Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday is the celebration of the triumphant Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem following His heavenly supernatural occurrence of raising Lazarus from the dead.

Parishioners raising their palm fronds for gift by the Catholic Bishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan for the parade to check Palm Sunday, the start of the Holy Week to develop to Easter at the Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Catholic Church, Garki, Abuja. Photograph by Abayomi Adeshida 09/04/2017

As indicated by a discharge by the Director, Social Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Msgr. Gabriel Osu, "Palm Sunday is one of the Major Feasts of our Lord, and it is the day on which the Lord Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem as a King, riding o­n a jackass and a yearling, the foal of a jackass. As needs be, the group with palm and olive branches, who happily droned "Hosanna, Son of David", welcomed Him. On this day likewise, we get and love Christ in this same way, recognizing Him as our King and Lord."

He clarified advance that Palm Sunday additionally denotes the start of Holy Week, the last seven day stretch of Lent, and the week in which Christians commend the puzzle of their salvation through Christ's Death and His Resurrection on Easter Sunday. The Holy Week begins from Sunday and will keep running till Good Friday, March 30, 2018.

A noteworthy lobby characteristic of the devour is the festival of the Holy Mass took after by a parade of the dependable conveying palm branches, speaking to the Jews who observed Christ's passageway into Jerusalem.

Here in the Archdiocese of Lagos, the Archbishop of Lagos, His Grace Alfred Adewale Martins is relied upon to lead a huge number of the steadfast in Palm Sunday parade through the roads of Lagos Island and environs.