By Currents News
The Brooklyn streets filled with parishioners and palms, as hundreds kicked off Holy Week with a procession to the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph.
The walk is meant to make them like Christ, re-enacting Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem.
But the Diocese of Brooklyn is reminding the faithful– the Palm Sunday procession and service means a sacred time– starts now.
Dozens celebrating Palm Sunday, including some who will make their sacraments at the end of this Holy Week.
Together they commemorated Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem, where those who greeted him waved palms.
“For me, it’s a special day and we meet other people,” Gloria Ordonez said. “I believe in God, and it’s a celebration day, we have faith, and for me, faith is very important.”
“We just make sure that we come and process with our palms, sing and just be happy and just say, ‘ok Christ is alive!’” Sandra Adams said.
Through song, they prayed– stopping traffic in busy Prospect Heights, causing pedestrians to stop– to see what was going on.
“It’s a sign that people notice, that they see us sharing our faith,” Bishop Robert Brennan said. “They see us walking with the Lord, and hopefully that can be a moment of evangelization or at least a moment of hope that there’s something more than the everyday activity- there’s something deeper to this life.”
Bishop Robert Brennan led the half-mile procession from Grand Army Plaza to the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, where he celebrated mass.
Palm Sunday begins the holiest week for catholics, and the shepherd of the Diocese of Brooklyn says we shouldn’t treat it like any other.
“It’s easy to just go through the motions or squeeze them in between all of our other responsibilities, but there’s a real call to make this truly a holy week,” Bishop Brennan said.