Palm Sunday worship

SPRINGFIELD, Mass (WWLP) - On a sunny Spring morning, many Christians gathered at churches across Western Massachusetts to celebrate Palm Sunday. During these turbulent times, finding the strength to believe has become crucial for many people.

Maria Lopez-Santiago of Springfield told 22News, “You have to have something to believe in to keep going forward and whether its spiritual or other belief that you have it carries you through and it gives you that strength to continue.”

Palm Sunday is marked by the distribution of Palm leaves often tied into crosses. The biblical tradition was a gesture of honor to lay palm branches on the ground for Jesus, while he was entering the holy city.

Palm Sunday is always a week before Easter Sunday, the day Christians believe Jesus was resurrected. Rev. Shawn Wilson from Wesley United Methodist Church in Springfield said, “In the face of tremendous job losses loosing their homes cars what grounds us is the faith that we have in god you cant put a price tag on that.”

With Easter only a week away, many worshipers are getting into the spirit of the moment and not allowing worries to get the best of them.