Palm Sunday. The final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemoration of the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified. In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey, as the townspeople threw palms or small branches, in front of him as a sign of respect. Palm […]
Palm Sunday Celebration
Palm Sunday. The final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemoration of the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified. In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey, as the townspeople threw palms or small branches, in front of him as a sign of respect. Palm […]
Standin’ By – Rev. Mary Davis
Standing By Genesis 9:8-17; Matthew 21:1-11 A sermon preached on Palm Sunday, 4-13-14, by Rev. Mary Davis In the late 1840s, Ireland was an island of true misery. The potato famine, starvation, disease, harsh oppression by the English and emigration reduced the population by 2 million. One gray day in county […]