Living Our Faith: Palm Sunday

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This Palm Sunday, we read the account from the Gospel of Matthew of the entrance of Jesus into

A pilgrim holds a cross made of palm fronds during a Palm Sunday celebration outside a church in Bogota, Colombia, April 13. Also known as Passion Sunday, this first day of Holy Week commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem before his crucifixion. (CNS photo/John Vizcaino, Reuters) (April 14, 2014)
A pilgrim holds a cross made of palm fronds during a Palm Sunday celebration outside a church in Bogota, Colombia, April 13. Also known as Passion Sunday, this first day of Holy Week commemorates Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem before his crucifixion. (CNS photo/John Vizcaino, Reuters) 

Jerusalem.
How does the narrative show Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies?
The cloaks on the ground, the palm branches, the shouts of “Hosanna” indicate Jesus’ kingship and messianic role.
 

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