Katekismo Corner: On the Holy Week: Palm Sunday of The Passion of the Lord and the Paschal Triduum
On the Holy Week: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord and the Paschal Triduum Have you noticed that it always is a full moon during the Holy Week? It is because the Sunday after the Full Moon on or after the Vernal Equinox (March 21) is designated as the Annual Easter Sunday. Earliest possible date is March 22 and latest is April 25. Beginning on the Sunday immediately before Easter Sunday, the Church celebrates the focal point of the Christian Faith: The Paschal Mystery, that is, the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. For this reason, these days constitute the Holy Week. "Paschal" with its root word "Pasch" comes from the Hebrew "Pesach" which is the Jewish Festival of the Passover that commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egypt. On the night before they left Egypt, the Israelites prepared their homes and themselves so that the Angel of Death should "Pass Over" them and thus they would be spared from the tenth plag...
