Paum Sunday is the first day o Haly Week in the Christian calender.
It is the Sunday afore Easter an merks the day that Jesus cam tae Jerusalem for his last week on the yird.
(Aw Biblical quotes in this airticle haes been taen frae W.L Lorimer's translate)
Aw fower Gospels gies an acoont o Jesus' comin tae Jerusalem. In essence, as he cam tae Jerusalem at the hintend o his meesion darg, he felt it wis needfu tae gie some seembol o his Messianic ettle. He chuised tae come intae the ceety upo a cuddie, raither nor a horse for twa main raisons:
Mark's Gospel gies the follaein acoont:
(Mark 11: 1-10)
As the stairt o the Haly Week, maist kirks uises the Paum Sunday service tae set oot the themes o the Week leadin up tae Easter, an for ordinar sets oot the chynge in the fortuins o Jesus: the Messianic anteecipation o the thrang Paum Sunday (the sae cried "Treeumphal Entry"); the confrontations wi the authorities; the reestin; the thrang turnin agin him - aw leadin up tae the crucifeexion an resurrection. The focus on Paum Sunday tends tae be on the popularity an the anteecipation o Jesus bringin in the Messianic Kinrick, an wi focus in hou Jesus' ideas o the Kinrick differed frae the ideas o the fowk.
As an illustration o the Entry, kirks is aften decorate wi paum leafs (or in kintras whaur palm tress disna growe, paper leafs is aften substitute) on the waws, pillars an fluirs.
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