1.0The Divine Hours of Lenthttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thedivinehoursoflentPhyllis Ticklehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thedivinehoursoflent/author/pticklePalm Sunday - March 16, 2008 - The Divine Hours of Lentrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AFzblJ2PcX"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thedivinehoursoflent/2008/03/palm-sunday-march-16-2008.html">Palm Sunday – March 16, 2008</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thedivinehoursoflent/2008/03/palm-sunday-march-16-2008.html/embed#?secret=AFzblJ2PcX" width="600" height="338" title="“Palm Sunday – March 16, 2008” — The Divine Hours of Lent" data-secret="AFzblJ2PcX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Today is the first day of Holy Week, though actually, it’s also a bit more than that: Palm Sunday is an interruption in Lent that manages somehow to lop off the next three days of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from the rest of Lent and then leave them, in a manner of speaking, just hanging…