{"id":209834,"date":"2019-04-14T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=209834"},"modified":"2019-04-14T00:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T04:00:04","slug":"faithful-to-renew-baptismal-vows-on-palm-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/14\/faithful-to-renew-baptismal-vows-on-palm-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Faithful to renew baptismal vows on Palm Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: “Palaspas “Palm Sunday” 2009″ in San. Roque Parish Cavite City Philippines (Photo<\/a>: Percy Sledge Agbunag Carballo\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 A Catholic priest on Saturday said the commemoration of Holy Week, which officially starts on Palm Sunday (April 14), is the time when the faithful renew their baptismal vows.<\/p>\n

\u201cPalm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week for Catholics, that is, Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, when we commemorate the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus,\u201d Fr. Roy Bellen of the Archdiocese of Manila\u2019s communications office said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt becomes the days of renewal for Catholics, especially during the Easter day, when we renew our baptismal promises,\u201d the priest added.<\/p>\n

Bellen noted it is also during the annual religious event that\u00a0 \u201cpenitential Catholic practices become more prominent like the Pabasa, Visita Iglesia, Via Crucis, Cenaculo among others.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what Palm Sunday paves way. Somehow it indicates more visible Catholic piety all over the country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Bellen said the ocassion is \u201cthe commemoration of the entry of Jesus to Jerusalem, when he was welcomed by the people there with palm branches as they acknowledged him as Son of David” or “from the lineage of the great king of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Fr. Jerome Secillano of the Nuestra Se\u00f1ora del Perpetuo Socorro Parish in Sampaloc, Manila noted that the entry of Jesus to Jerusalem reminded the people of life\u2019s triumphs and defeats.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe triumphant entry of Jesus to Jerusalem reminds us of life’s highs and lows. You may be hailed today but assailed tomorrow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the folly of our time that it’s not anymore how good you are to people that matters but how people can make good use of you that counts,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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