I have celebrated Palm Sunday in many different countries, Kenya, Spain, France, Poland, Italy and UK and it is a church tradition that I love. When I was at work (teaching primary children) one of our jobs was to make the palm crosses for the local church each year. It was an eagerly awaited treat for the 10/11 year olds in their final year of primary school, to learn how to weave and fold the crosses from simple palm leaves.
I have written about other Palm Sundays before and the links are below if you would like to read them. I hope you do.
This year I am laid up in bed with a very nasty case of tonsillitis on antibiotics so I have not even seen a palm!
But I did look at the Vatican website to see the celebrations in St Peter’s Square. My overriding impression is that this Pope, like Jesus, is adored by the people because of his common touch and understanding of what it means to be poor in this world. But my fear is that like Jesus, he is rattling too many cages and there will be those who plot against him. I also see in his face that after only a few months in the job he is looking exhausted and strained.
Two Haiku I wrote last year sum up my fears.
Pope FrancisCheering throngs gather
In Messianic fervour
Fronds fall at His feet
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Calling for His deathCrowds that cheered Him now decry
Innocent, He’ll die
You can see the Palm Sunday in Rome here http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-to-celebrate-palm-sunday-mass-in-saint-peters
And my previous Palm Sunday posts are here:~
http://wp.me/p2gGsd-y
http://wp.me/p2gGsd-t
http://wp.me/p2gGsd-i
Heavenhappens 
So sorry to hear you’re not well Brenda, hope you will be fully recovered for Easter x
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Thanks Sherri
The throat is easing but my ear and glands are still very swollen and sore. I’ve got to get better for Wednesday- that’s grandma day! Couldn’t bear to miss my little boy x
Sent by Brenda Kimmins
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Hope you are much better and ready for tomorrow and grandma day 🙂 x
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Yes indeed and I’ve bought a turtle sandpit and 6 bags of sand as the weather is good enough for outside play!
Hope you have a great Easter.
My middle daughter, Anna, is coming home from Barcelona for the weekend so it will be lively here at grandmas house!
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I like Pope Francis, I hope that he is pope for a long time, but you’re right, it can be tough for such a person to deal with all the challenges facing him.
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I like that Francis-dude. I don’t know much about Roman Catholicism but I like his actions. He is quite kind, humble and ethical. There is something very good about him 🙂 Sorry, I’m bad at religion but okay with the one above, I hope…lol 🙂
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A good man indeed x thanks for reading my post x
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😀
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