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Going with God

Palmer: “pilgrim” or “palm-bearer.” In the early church, people who went to the Holy Land and returned with palm branches were called “palmers”; they were also acolytes during the subsequent Ash Wednesday Mass, holding the bowl of blessed palm ashes for the priests to distribute.  The idea of going on a pilgrimage has always appealed […]