WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PALM SUNDAY?
Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified. Palm Sunday is known as such, because the faithful received palm branches, which they use to re-enact Christ's arrival in Jerusalem.

WHY DID JESUS RIDE ON A DONKEY GOING TO JERSUALEM?

In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey to the lavish praise of the townspeople, who threw clothes and palms or small branches in front of him as a sign of homage. This was a customary practice for people of great respect. Palm branches are widely recognized as a symbol of peace and victory. While the use of a donkey instead of a horse represents the humble arrival of someone in peace, as opposed to arriving on a steed in war.

A week later, Christ would rise from the dead on the first Easter. During Palm Sunday Mass, palms are fashion into small crosses, or other items of personal devotion. In the Christian tradition, the Palm leaves are kept for next year's Ash Wednesday services. The Palms are burned and the ashes are what is used in the imposition of ashes in the foreheads of the faithful.

The liturgical colors of the mass on Palm Sunday are red and white, symbolizing the redemption in blood that Christ paid for the world.

WHAT IS THE TRADITIONAL HYMN OF PALM SUNDAY?
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