Is is wrong to not take palm home on Palm Sunday?

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I suppose this is about a sacramental, not a sacrament, but we’ll see if this gets moved.

I recently went around my house and collected all the stray palm in a bag. It’s brittle, often crumbles if it dries into an awkward shape. Sometimes it falls behind a night table, or under the bed and gets stepped on. I feel bad taking a blessed sacramental such as palm if it is not going to get treated properly. I have plenty of other blessed items in my home which I reasonably take care of. But for some reason I just feel like blessed palm gets thrown around and trashed. When the weather gets nice, I will burn the palm I have outside.

Would it be “un-Catholic” of me to not take palm home on Palm Sunday?
 
I stopped taking them home for the same reason. I’m not clever enough to weave them into the little crosses, so after Mass, I just put them back on the stack for the next Mass.
 
hannajomar said:
I suppose this is about a sacramental, not a sacrament, but we’ll see if this gets moved.

I recently went around my house and collected all the stray palm in a bag. It’s brittle, often crumbles if it dries into an awkward shape. Sometimes it falls behind a night table, or under the bed and gets stepped on. I feel bad taking a blessed sacramental such as palm if it is not going to get treated properly. I have plenty of other blessed items in my home which I reasonably take care of. But for some reason I just feel like blessed palm gets thrown around and trashed. When the weather gets nice, I will burn the palm I have outside.

Would it be “un-Catholic” of me to not take palm home on Palm Sunday?
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p.s. You should still take the palms back to church so they can be burned for next Ash Wednesday.
 
THere’s usually a collection basket after Mass on Palm Sunday where people can put palms they don’t want to take home. The palms are saved until Ash Wednesday, when they are burned. Not everyone takes them home. We had a large family growing up and we would usually only take one home. (What would we do with eight palms?)
 
I’ve always just kept them at home - probably much because I would forget to bring them back. But I keep them stuck out near my doorway with a copy of the beatitudes in front of them. Just spruces up the room in a Catholic manner I suppose.
 
I have many, many old palms in my home - all are tucked behind pictures or crucifixes. They are in my entry, my living room, my dining room, and each bedroom. When I remember (which has been a few years), I take them to school where they have a palm burning ceremony the day before Ash Wednesday to get the ashes.
 
An elderly priest once told me to place a blessed palm frond on the wall of each of the four cardinal directions of the house to ward off any evil that might attempt an entry, I do it.
 
hannajomar said:
I suppose this is about a sacramental, not a sacrament, but we’ll see if this gets moved.

I recently went around my house and collected all the stray palm in a bag. It’s brittle, often crumbles if it dries into an awkward shape. Sometimes it falls behind a night table, or under the bed and gets stepped on. I feel bad taking a blessed sacramental such as palm if it is not going to get treated properly. I have plenty of other blessed items in my home which I reasonably take care of. But for some reason I just feel like blessed palm gets thrown around and trashed. When the weather gets nice, I will burn the palm I have outside.

Would it be “un-Catholic” of me to not take palm home on Palm Sunday?
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Don’t feel too bad trampling the palms - remember they were originally used to line the muddy road into Jerusalem for our Lord! 😃
 
I took my old palm fronds to church on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, where they were collected and burnt to produce the ashes for Ash Wednesday. I will take a new one and put it back between the windshield and dashboard of my car to remind me that I need to drive like His path and mine are blended… 🙂
 
TheRealJuliane said:
I stopped taking them home for the same reason. I’m not clever enough to weave them into the little crosses, so after Mass, I just put them back on the stack for the next Mass.
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I found this a long time ago, I don’t remember where.
These are the best directions I have ever found for making palm crosses.
It takes one or two to get the hang of it, but then it’s really easy.
It works best when the palms are still green & pliable.

If I forget to bring my old palms back before Ash Wednesday, I give them to my priest and he uses them in the Easter fire on the Vigil.
 
No, it’s not wrong. But you will be missing a blessing in your home.
 
JamestheOlder said:
No, it’s not wrong. But you will be missing a blessing in your home.
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Source?

According to that logic, we should go round the church and take home every palm that is left over at the end of Palm Sunday. The more blessings the better, after all.
 
Oneofthewomen said:
If I forget to bring my old palms back before Ash Wednesday, I give them to my priest and he uses them in the Easter fire on the Vigil.
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I’ll ask my parish priest about that. I always forget to bring them before Ash Wednesday.
 
paperwight66 said:
Source?

According to that logic, we should go round the church and take home every palm that is left over at the end of Palm Sunday. The more blessings the better, after all.
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!. Is the palm branch blessed by the priest at the beginning of Palm Sunday services?
ANSWER: Yes
2. Is the Palm branch, because it is blessed, a sacramental?
ANSWER: Yes
3. Is a sacramental, properly honored, conductive to a grace-filled life?
ANSWER: Yes (for a long answer, check the Catechism of the Catholic Church).
4. Is ANY blessed item, palm, crucifix, holy picture, holy water, to be considered a blessing for you?
ANSWER: Of course!
Source: Common sense and the CCC.

Recommendation: take the whole bale of blessed palms and thatch your roof.
(just kidding; you need to share)
 
Oneofthewomen said:
I found this a long time ago, I don’t remember where.
These are the best directions I have ever found for making palm crosses.
It takes one or two to get the hang of it, but then it’s really easy.
It works best when the palms are still green & pliable.

If I forget to bring my old palms back before Ash Wednesday, I give them to my priest and he uses them in the Easter fire on the Vigil.
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That’s good, thank you, but the Mexican women can do them from one palm frond and right in church with no cutting necessary.
 
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