{"id":9308,"date":"2023-04-02T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T19:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=9308"},"modified":"2023-04-03T11:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T18:53:31","slug":"palm-sunday-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2023\/04\/02\/palm-sunday-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Sunday 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/palm-sunday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/palm-sunday.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/palm-sunday-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/palm-sunday-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/palm-sunday-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the spring season is now upon us and Easter week approaches, we take the time and notion to observe Palm Sunday, the day of Jesus&#8217; last Earthly triumph before fulfilling God&#8217;s ultimate destiny as Christ the Savior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/what-is-palm-sunday-interesting-facts.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From The Christian Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Palm Sunday celebrates the significance of Jesus&#8217; triumphant entry into the city of Jerusalem before His crucifixion and resurrection.<\/p>\n<p>The Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, which is April 2 this year, and the period lasts until Holy Saturday, April 8, which is the day before Easter Sunday, April 9.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We celebrated Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week this morning with a simple in-home Bible scripture reading and Communion. We pray that we may have peace in the Nation and the World during the Passover and Easter celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the day, we will have a Palm Sunday feast consisting of a nice <a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/food.vernabob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220724-pulled-pork-casserole-served.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casserole<\/a> made in part from a recently smoked <a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/food.vernabob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230317-pork-shoulder-smoked.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pork shoulder roast<\/a>. We had this meal last Summer and it got rave reviews from the two of us and our dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your Palm Sunday and the week ahead.<\/p>\n<h3>UPDATE:<\/h3>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/worldofsucculents.com\/echinopsis-candicans-argentine-giant\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Argentine Giant<\/a> Cactus Flower opened up on Palm Sunday evening. Image courtesy of Damsel. Click to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230402-argentine-giant-cactus-flower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230402-argentine-giant-cactus-flower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9317\" srcset=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230402-argentine-giant-cactus-flower.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230402-argentine-giant-cactus-flower-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230402-argentine-giant-cactus-flower-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230402-argentine-giant-cactus-flower-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the spring season is now upon us and Easter week approaches, we take the time and notion to observe Palm Sunday, the day of Jesus&#8217;&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,73,83,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-dining","category-holidays","category-notions","category-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9308"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9318,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9308\/revisions\/9318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}