HOLY WEEK: Palm Sunday

Happy Palm Sunday!  Hosanna!!!

The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,
“Fear not, daughter of Zion;
behold, your king is coming,
    sitting on a donkey's colt!”
His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.” (John 12:12-19)

MUSICAL INTERLUDE: Hosanna

Yah, mon!

Palm Sunday Facts

Every Quiz Teamer probably knows that yesterday was Palm Sunday, the celebration of Jesus's entry into Jerusalem. But here are some fun facts about Palm Sunday that you might not know.

• Palm Sunday celebrations started off in the churches of Jerusalem, before the third or fourth century AD.
• The Palm Sunday falls on any one of the 35 dates ranging from 15 March to 18 April.
• Hosanna is actually a Hebrew word that means "Save us! Please!"
• The Palm Sunday is known as the “Pussy Willow Sunday” in Latvia
• In Kerala, South India, flowers are sprinkled about into the safe haven on Palm Sunday when the gospel is read out.
• "Hosanna" is a reference to Psalm 118:25, a messianic psalm