What should catholics do with old palms

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Essential to continue in Your gift will be matched! Read more Next post ». Sound Off! Find us on Social Media. Palms are not the only objects routinely blessed by the Catholic Church. Holy water, oils, rosaries and relics also have a special religious significance. Churches typically have a special sink that runs straight into the ground where holy water, oils and blessed wine is discarded.

Combustible items may be burned, everything else should be buried in an area where people are not likely to walk, such as under a tree.

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Have a wonderful vacation and may God travel with you. The palms might be placed on a table with such items or even adorn a cross or crucifix in the home.

Since blessed palms are a sacramental, they serve as a reminder — especially as we move through Lent — that what was once nimble, fresh and supple has become fragile and brittle over time. As an aside, as I get a bit older, I can somewhat relate to this reality.

When the time rolls around again to bring our old palms to the church, we can then bring them in and have them burned. Another very viable option is to burn them ourselves and return them to the earth. The ideal situation would be to burn the palms by themselves, collect the ashes and bury them in a place that will not be easily disturbed. We do this because blessed palms are a sacramental. Lent: Do Catholics need to abstain from meat on Fridays when it's a feast day?

Many families display their palms in their homes by fastening them to crucifixes or religious works of art, while others follow the custom of weaving the palms into crosses. To dispose of palms respectfully, they may be either burned or buried, but they must never be discarded in the trash, Rolfes said.