Catholic faithful in Nigeria will on Sunday join their counterparts all over the world to celebrate the Palm Sunday.
The Director of Social Communications, Msgr Gabriel Osu, on Thursday in Lagos, said that Palm Sunday would mark the triumphant entry of Jesus Christian into Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago.
He said that it would also signify the commencement of the Holy Week which starts with the sixth Sunday in Lent.
“This Sunday, Christians will observe the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem that was marked by the crowds who were in Jerusalem for Passover waving palm branches and proclaiming him as the messianic king.
“The four gospels in the Bible tell us that Jesus Christian rode into the city on a donkey, enacting the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9, and in so doing emphasised the humility that was to characterise the Kingdom he…
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