Old Palm Branches

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OK, I am sure that I should know this…but I don’t! What do you do with all your old (in some cases, decade old) palm branches? They’ve been blessed and are now sacramentals, so I don’t just throw them out, right? Unless the blessing wears off after so long:p

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Burn them or bury them. Don’t throw them away. I burned mine and then spread the ashes in a potted plant.
 
I was wanting confirmation on the same thing. What I did was to burn mine, take the ashes and throw them away. (hopefully that is the correct method of disposition) Didn’t really know that for sure until I overheard someone talking about it, that one of the nuns yelled at her for just trying to throw them out.:o

A lot of parishes have people turn them into the church on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, so that they can burn them for the Ash Distribution. We didn’t do that this year so I just burned mine and threw the ashes away in a paper towel.:confused: Thinking about it maybe I should have taken them outside and scattered them?
 
Good idea about the potted plant BeeSweet! Never thought of that!
 
Burning and then burying the ashes is good and proper. Just make sure you don’t bury them in an area where any thing improper will occur…such as the spot where the dog frequents on his daily dumps. 😃
Show respect for the ashes and what they mean to us as Catholics.
 
Every year, when we receive our new palms, my husband puts them up near a beautiful handcarved crucifix that we received as a wedding gift 20 years ago. Then he takes the old palms and he crumbles them in his hands and then walks around our property, scattering them while praying for protection of our home and family. He does this every year, his own personal devotion. It makes me feel so safe to watch my husband protecting our home and family with those blessed palms.
 
Hold on to them until next year and take them to your church. They burn them and use them for the ashes for next Ash Wednesday. That’s what the ashes are, burned palms from the previous year. Just drop them off at the parish office. They will know what to do with them.

Paul
 
I particularly like knowing there are blessed objects buried around the foundation of our home.

In addition to old palms, I periodically have old rosaries parts to dispose of, so I bury them up close to the house foundation. (I make and fix rosaries - and people will bring me old rosaries for parts to fix others.)

Nita
 
I eat mine! First I place them in a metal bowl. Then I light them on fire and burn them to ash. Then I sprinkle the ashes on my garden…then they aborbed into the tomatos and peppers that I planted there…then I eat the Tomatos and peppers.!! it makes them taste great…
 
Ok…so…

Burning them on my balcony and letting the ashes blow away – maybe not such a hot idea? :eek:

Peace,
Dante
 
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