Palm Sunday at cathedral
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April 1, 2021
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLIPALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION At the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, Bishop Kevin Sweeney was the main celebrant of Mass marking Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion March 28. Msgr. Geno Sylva, rector of the cathedral and diocesan vicar for special projects and the cathedral, holds high palms during the opening processional at the start of the Mass. He is followed by Father Stephen Prisk, diocesan vice chancellor and priest-secretary to the Bishop, and Bishop Sweeney.Bishop Sweeney celebrates Palm Sunday Mass in Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, PatersonPATERSON Bishop Kevin Sweeney served as the main celebrant and homilist at Mass on Palm Sunday March 28 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist here marking his first Palm Sunday Mass as the Bishop of Paterson.
Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week, commemorates the day Jesus entered into Jerusalem as Savior and King. As Jesus rode a donkey into the town a large crowd gathered and laid palm branches and their cloaks across the road, giving Jesus royal treatment. The people shouted “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” The congregation receives and holds blessed palm branches to mark the observance.
