Palm Sunday (Dominica in Palmis).

The Sunday before Easter which introduces Holy Week.

On this day in the Western and some Eastern Churches the palms are blessed and often there is a procession representing the Lord's triumphal entry into Jerusalem a week before the Resurrection. The Palm Sunday procession is attested for Jerusalem as early as the 4th cent. by the 'Pilgimage of Egeria'.

Prayers for Palm Sunday:

Lord Jesus,

you showed the world your princely power by riding into Jerusalm on a donkey:

help us to understand the humility of your journey to the cross,

so that we may experience the glory of your victory over sin and death.

We ask it for your name's sake.

Amen

Almighty and everlasting God,

who in your tender love towards the human race

sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ

to take upon him our flesh

and to suffer death upon the cross:

grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility,

and also be made partakers of his resurrection:

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,

who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

Amen.