Palm Sunday Readings: What is the Palm Sunday Gospel?

Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter.

The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels.

Palm Sunday marks the first day of Holy Week.

In most churches, Palm Sunday is celebrated by the blessing and distribution of palm branches (or the branches of other native trees), representing the palm branches which the crowd scattered in front of Christ as he rode into Jerusalem; these palms are sometimes woven into crosses.

The difficulty of procuring palms in unfavorable climates led to their substitution with branches of native trees, including box, olive, willow, and yew.

What is the Palm Sunday Gospel?

• At the Procession with Palms – Gospel. Mk 11:1-10. When Jesus and his disciples drew near to Jerusalem.
• At the Mass – Reading I. Is 50:4-7. The Lord GOD has given me.
• Responsorial Psalm. 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24.
• Reading II. Phil 2:6-11.
• Verse before the Gospel. Phil 2:8-9.