Christian tradition tells us that the ashes used on Ash Wednesday are created from the burned palm branches used on the previous Palm Sunday to commemorate Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem amid an exuberant crowd cheering, “Hail Son of David! Hail King of kings!” In just five days, that same crowd would be fiercely shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
From palms to ashes, the tradition of Ash Wednesday
