Can you throw away blessed palms

Ready Sanctuary Artwork Fr. Ciullo Outreach Fr. Joseph Catholic Charities Ball. What should I do with blessed palms? Facebook Twitter Email. What happens to the palms from Palm Sunday Mass? Victoria Dodge Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Once a religious object is blessed and dedicated for divine worship or veneration, it must be treated with reverence and not be used in either an improper or profane way cf.

Code of Canon Law , However, blessed religious objects break or wear from use. The basic rule for the disposition of these items is to burn or to bury them. Palms are blessed and distributed to the faithful during the celebration of the Passion of the Lord, on Palm Sunday, commemorating the multitude bearing palms who triumphantly led Christ in procession on that day in Jerusalem. The tradition of blessing palm can be found in writings as far back as the time of Saint Bede the Venerable, The liturgy of Palm Sunday, or Passion Sunday, refers simply to branches.

In the prayer of blessing, the priest says, "Almighty ever-living God, sanctify these branches with your blessing, that we, who follow Christ the King in exultation, may reach the eternal Jerusalem through Him.