The Holy Week is a (personal) gentle reminder of some of the
biblical details I was able to learn during my younger years. The Palm
Sunday, based on the New Testament part of the Holy Bible, is an act
fulfilling the words of an Old Testament prophet:
San Pablo City, Laguna
“Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” Matthew 21:5 (The Holy Bible, new revised standard version, p.23, NT)
Part of welcoming Jesus was the laying of branches of trees along the
road. It may have been lost in the translation or it may have been mere
tradition but it has been palm leaves since time immemorial.
Palm leaves in the Philippines are still blessed as part of the mass, again part of the traditional rites. It is worth noting that these same palm leaves are the ones brunt to ashes and used for the next Ash Wednesday.
Palm leaves in the Philippines are still blessed as part of the mass, again part of the traditional rites. It is worth noting that these same palm leaves are the ones brunt to ashes and used for the next Ash Wednesday.
Liliw, Laguna
Nagcarlan, Laguna
Going through several town in Laguna on that Palm Sunday afternoon, it was good to witness the budding devotion for the week, the business on the side, and the ever-festive mood outside the churches despite the expected Good Friday commemoration.
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