Palm Sunday & Good Friday

Final Digging Deeper Lenten Series April 10, 2025 at 7 pm

Palm Sunday April 13, 2025 at 10 am – find the order of service here

Good Friday April 18, 2025 at 10 am

Easter Sunday April 20, 2025 at 10 am

Everyone is welcome – services are also available live on St. Paul’s Facebook page and our YouTube channel

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Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, which falls 40 days prior to Easter. Sundays are not included in the count of these days, as each Sunday is a “little Easter,” meant to celebrate resurrection.

The wearing of ashes, made from the burning of the previous year’s palms is considered a sign of repentance, sorrow and mourning. An Appropriate way to begin Lent. Palm Sunday is the start of Holy Week, the last week of Lent and Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem.

The name Lent comes through Middle English lente and Old English lencten or lengten, referring to the season of spring and the lengthening of days. It is also related to the French word lente, which means “to move slowly.”

Good Friday marks the culmination of our Lenten journey. Good Friday marks the culmination of our Lenten journey and a day to remember Jesus and how his trial and death are reflected in today’s world.

The liturgical colour purple reflects divinity, wisdom, dignity, mystery, and creativity. Dark purple is a penitential colour, evoking sadness and deep reflection. In the first century CE, purple dye was very hard to come by, so only the wealthy could afford purple garments.

Easter is a moveable feast, celebrated in Western Christianity on the first Sunday after the first astronomical full moon on or after the spring equinox (March 21). The name Easter comes from the Old English Eostre, rooted in the Proto- Germanic austron, meaning “dawn,” and the Proto-Indo-European aus, meaning “to shine.” The word east has the same roots.