Palm Sunday of the Passion of our Lord dawned with rather foreboding rain & winds and, for the first time in many a long year, the Blessing of Palms and the Gospel of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, had to be held indoors - in the Parish Hall followed by a rather rapid procession from the Hall into the church!
At the Vigil Mass and again at the Sunday evening Mass a more simple form of the Blessing of the Palms was held. The Passion according to to St Mark was read at all Masses 'in parts,' the congregation taking the part of the mob!
Following the evening Mass members of the Neo Catechumenal Communities for around the north west: Widnes, Blackpool, Carlisle, as well as Preston gathered in St Clare's Parish Hall for the 'Easter Announcement.' This takes the form of an encouragement to celebrate these Holy Week and Easter Liturgies with great, love and reverence for they signify the great events of our faith.
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