Palm Sunday in Chennai South

Palm Sunday

What a friend we have, in Jesus,
All our sins and grief’s to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer
Oh, what peace we often forfeit
Oh, what needless we bear
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!
(An old hymn)

This event commemorates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and is treated as beginning of the Holy week starting from Palm Sunday (March 16) through the Good Friday to Easter Sunday.

The Palm Sunday is commemorated by all the churches throughout the world .Pope Benedict in the Vatican City on the Palm Day addressed the Christians to examine whether worldly desires had Corrupted the faith?

Annai Velankanni in Besant Nagar commemorated the Palm Sunday by taking Palm fronds in hands starting from the Besant Nagar Bus stand to the Church by the Parishnors with the Fr Michael. Then after coming into the church premises, the Holy Mass started in English, Tamil & Malayalam throughout the day.

This marked the beginning of the holy week where in people are observing fast and piety and devotion in the praise of the Lord who gave his Life to wash the sins of others and are said to join Jesus in his effort of peace.

‘Jesus was a soul, just working a body for the good of the humanity’ - by Swami Vivekananda

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