Today is the celebration of Palm Sunday.
Ask the children and young people of today if they know the significance of this special day and chances are, most of them don’t know what it is and why it is being celebrated. They just wave their coconut palms and get in line to be able to have the Holy Water hit their bodies.
People in the not-so-distant past have been so religiously attentive to these church celebrations, in contrast to how people are these days. And if those who belong to the older generation are gone, would these traditions still continue?
For those who are non-Catholics, they have their own versions of celebrating the Palm Sunday and one of these would be through prayers.
How did you spend Palm Sunday and what were your thoughts during that day?
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