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  • Thirteen-year-old Ricky Gomez, holding the procession cross, leads the Palm Sunday procession from the lower parking lot of St. Paul the Apostle Church, Cleveland, to the sanctuary. Photo By Michael Alexander
  • Deacon Larry Welsh of St. Matthew Church, Winder, second from right, reads the Gospel of Luke 19:28-40 on Palm Sunday as they stand before the congregation gathered in front of the church. Standing with him is the pastor Father Gilbert Exumé. Photo By Michael Alexander
  • Usher Tom Biehl, center, distributes palms to parishioners as they enter St. Matthew Church, Winder, on Palm Sunday. Photo By Michael Alexander
  • Ushers distribute palms to parishioners as they enter St. Matthew Church, Winder, on March 20, Palm Sunday. Photo By Michael Alexander
  • Father Fabio Alvarez Posada, center, pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Church, Cleveland, sprinkles the palms held by parishioners at St. Paul the Apostle Church, Cleveland, with holy water. Photo By Michael Alexander
  • Parishioners at St. Paul the Apostle Church, Cleveland, process to the church from the lower parking on Palm Sunday. Photo By Michael Alexander
  • Eighteen-year-old Yuliza Lara prepares to enter St. Paul the Apostle Church, Cleveland, with fellow parishioners during a March 20 Palm Sunday procession. Photo By Michael Alexander
  • A little girl clings to her palm that was converted into a cross during the Palm Sunday Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Church, Cleveland. Photo By Michael Alexander

Thirteen-year-old Ricky Gomez, holding the procession cross, leads the Palm Sunday procession from the lower parking lot of St. Paul the Apostle Church, Cleveland, to the sanctuary. Photo By Michael Alexander

Spirited Palm Sunday begins Holy Week in north Georgia

Published March 31, 2016

Georgia Bulletin staff photographer Michael Alexander visited St. Matthew Church, in Winder, and St. Paul the Apostle Church, in Cleveland, on Palm Sunday and captured these images and more of the recollection of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem days before he would be betrayed and led to his crucifixion.

On Palm Sunday Father Gilbert Exumé, foreground, pastor of St. Matthew Church, Winder, blesses the palms as Deacon Larry Welsh, background right, and the altar servers stand before the congregation gathered in front of the church. Photo By Michael Alexander

On Palm Sunday Father Gilbert Exumé, foreground, pastor of St. Matthew Church, Winder, blesses the palms as Deacon Larry Welsh, background right, and the altar servers stand before the congregation gathered in front of the church. Photo By Michael Alexander

In the Gospel of Luke, it says:

“As he rode along,

the people were spreading their cloaks on the road;

and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives,

the whole multitude of his disciples

began to praise God aloud with joy

for all the mighty deeds they had seen.

They proclaimed:

‘Blessed is the king who comes

in the name of the Lord.

Peace in heaven

and glory in the highest.’”      Luke 19:36-38