Photos from 2021 Holy Week celebrations and services that took place in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Palm Sunday
Jesus Takes on Human Suffering to Draw Even Closer to People, Pope Francis Says
A Christian life should be filled with amazement — astonishment at the son of God suffering and dying for humanity and awe at realizing how precious and loved people are in his eyes, Pope Francis said.
Analysis: A Reminder That Holy Week Is Prime Time for Anti-Christian Violence
To be blunt about it, worshippers March 28 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, the capital of Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province, got lucky. When two suicide bombers detonated their devices outside a Palm Sunday Mass, they were the only ones who died, in part because a security guard had prevented them from entering the church’s compound.
Only in Print: Palm Sunday Mass Returns After Pandemic’s One-Year Mark
This Palm Sunday, priests and bishops across the Diocese of Brooklyn celebrated Palm Sunday Masses in person.
Indonesian Cathedral Bombed in Palm Sunday Attack
Catholics leaving a Palm Sunday Mass at an Indonesian cathedral were targeted by two suicide bombers.
Pope on Palm Sunday: Life, Measured By Love, Is Meant to Serve Others
With a small procession down the vast and empty central nave of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis began the first of a series of Holy Week liturgies celebrated without the presence of the faithful from the general public.
It Will Be a Palmless Sunday at Most U.S. Parishes
Don’t expect any palms this Passion Sunday. And distribution of palms later in the year might not happen, either, according to Rita Thiron, executive director of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions.
Only in Print: From Palms to Ashes, the Church’s Annual Cycle | February 22, 2020
On Ash Wednesday, millions of Catholics around the world will wear a mark of ashes on their foreheads, gathered from the palms that are burned after Palm Sunday the previous year.
Palms and Praise Are A Forerunner to the Passion
On this Palm Sunday, as we wave our palm and praise the Son of David, let us welcome Him into the contradictions of our divided hearts, begging Him to heal us and reconcile us with the Father, so that next Sunday we might truly and joyfully celebrate not only His resurrection, but ours as well.
On Palm Sunday, Pope Asks Youth ‘Not To Keep Quiet’
Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass with thousands of young people, Pope Francis urged them to continue singing and shouting “hosanna” in the world, proclaiming the lordship of Jesus and following his example of outreach to the poor and suffering.
