Bhopal: The climax of the Holy week began in all the city Churches on Sunday. The Lenten season of 40 days of fasting, praying ends with Holy Week when Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday are observed in all the city Churches.
Archbishop A.A.S.Durairaj SVD said in his homily at Seva Sadan Church, Tulsi Nagar that Holy Week is God given week to help us to become divine persons to share our love with our neighbours, Archbishop further said that “The mighty Roman emperors marched with the horses, but Jesus marched in humility by sitting on a donkey. Jesus was a king without any worldly power while Roman kings were full of power and might.” Jesus was a symbol of power in powerlessness, he added. The Archbishop asked the people not to seek worldly power but to become one in Jesus to experience the true king of peace.
According to the Bible, when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the crowd greeted him by waving olive branches and by covering the path en route with olive and palm branches. To mark this event, Palm Sunday assumes the significance of distribution of palm leaves to the worshippers in churches to enter the Holy Week as Jesus entered Jerusalem to die for all humanity.
The Catholic Christian community offered special prayers on Palm Sunday in Bhopal. The celebrations at different Churches of the city began with a gathering of devotees at the Church Premises at 8 am. Large number of people took part in a procession holding palm leaves all through the Holy Eucharist.
