The Palm Sunday mass gathered more than 400 people.
The commemoration of Palm Sunday began with the traditional route from the Malecon (boardwalk) to the church of San Juan Cosalá. Photo: Alma Serrano.
Alma Serrano(San Juan Cosalá).- Catholics packed the atrium of the San Juan Bautista church in San Juan Cosalá to commemorate Palm Sunday at the beginning of Holy Week. The celebration began shortly before 8:00 a.m., when the faithful gathered on Del Cardenal Sur Street, next to where the Malecon (boardwalk) begins, to bless the palms.
Afterward, the procession began the journey to the church, emulating the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into the city of Jerusalem and his confirmation as the son of God. Palm branches, prayers, faith, and emotion were the essence of the celebration in the community.
This sacred act brought together around 400 people, who joined together to bid farewell to Lent and begin Holy Week, which lasts until Sunday, April 17, a time dedicated to remembering the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
«These are not holidays, they are holy days, we need to meet again with the one who lost his dignity and take up our lives in the best way, let’s do the best with our lives because we only have one here on earth», said during the sermon the priest Ramón Ramírez López.
Also present at the ceremony, on both sides of the altar, were representatives of the 12 apostles. During the Eucharist, more than 70 people received communion, including children, young people, adults, and senior citizens, most of whom took appropriate sanitation measures.
Translated by Nita Rudy
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