The Sunday of the Passion - Palm Sunday, 1 April 2012
The Sunday of the Passion - Palm Sunday, 1 April 2012 Liturgy of the Palms: St. Mark 11:1-11 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Liturgy of the Passion Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 St. Mark 14:1-15:47 Background: Palm Sunday – Passion Sunday This is the last Sunday in Lent, and has been changed both in its character and focus in the years following Vatican II. There are witnesses to a Palm celebration in Jerusalem in the fourth century. Here, before the Great Week (Holy...