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Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday Office of Readings
I found the 2nd reading for the Office of Readings today (Palm Sunday) really powerful. It ended with “Let our souls take the place of the welcoming branches as we join today in the children’s holy song: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the king of Israel.” It is not the externals, receiving or not receiving palms that makes a difference…
The entire piece can be read at: https://universalis.com/20200405/readings.htm scroll down to the 2nd Reading “From the discourse “On the Palm Branches” by Saint Andrew of Crete”