Monday, April 10, 2006
Someone asked me a very good question yesterday
The question was, from a Unitarian, why do we do Passion Sunday before Good Friday?
I think it's because the order used to be Passion Sunday, Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday, and the Triduum wasn't big for the laity, so we did Palm Sunday on the right day, Passion Sunday way too early, and Easter on the right day. Now we're just confused, which is why we don't do the entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Is that right?
I think it's because the order used to be Passion Sunday, Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday, and the Triduum wasn't big for the laity, so we did Palm Sunday on the right day, Passion Sunday way too early, and Easter on the right day. Now we're just confused, which is why we don't do the entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Is that right?
