Palm Sunday

For Palm Sunday everyone was invited to grab a palm and participate in the opening procession.

A Joint Choir

On Sunday at 10:30 we were delighted to have the Children's Choir from St. Joseph's in Springfield join our Children's Choir as they sang together.

Palm Sunday

Mass on Palm Sunday began in the back of the church and with a much larger procession than normal.It was a great start to Holy Week.

Palm Sunday is March Madness

 Take the excitement level of Harvard's first tournament win ...

  ... or Robert Morris beating Kentucky ...

 ... or even Minnesota beating UCLA ...

... or what it will feel like if Creighton beats Duke ...

 ... and know that was the excitement

 level at the first Palm Sunday.

Maybe Jesus stopped the donkey to pick up a child?

Maybe, like Pope Francis, he dismounted

 when he saw a disabled man.

Take a moment to prayerfully image what it would like to be in a vigorous crowd as Jesus comes by. Imagine how you would feel as He rides past you. Imagine that he locks eyes with you and smiles.

Today we enter into Holy Week,

Enter it fully.

Palm Sunday

 Before Masses last weekend all of our palms were blessed.

Some of us prepared to process with

 our palms like Jesus did long ago.

 

 Some of us got to carry lots of palms.



Palm Sunday

An important part of the Palm Sunday Mass are the opening rites and the procession. A number of parsih disciples helped process during each of the Masses. Members of Sacred Heart Preschool were among those processing at the 9:00 am Mass.