Palm/Passion Sunday @ Pushpashrama
On April 9, 2017, the Carmelites along with the faithful of the vicinity celebrated the Palm Sunday at Infant Jesus Shrine, Pushpashrama, Mysuru. Palm Sunday is the day where we commemorate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, a week before His resurrection. As Jesus entered the holy city, He neared the culmination of a long journey toward Golgotha and there he offers his life for the salvation of the humanity. Palm Sunday marked the start of what is often called “Passion Week,” the final seven days of Jesus’ earthly ministry. Palm Sunday was the “beginning of the end” of Jesus’ work on earth.

The celebration commenced at 8-00 am with the blessing of the palm branches at the entrance of Pushpashrama, which was followed by the solemn Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fr Alfred Menezes, Rector along with the community friars. Fr Alfred in his homily highlighted three important roles of Jesus as King, Messiah and the Lamb of God and gave a clarion call to all the faithful to prepare ourselves to encounter the Lord in this Holy Week. May this Holy week enable us to come closer to Jesus and experience his unconditional love and forgiveness in our lives.