Monday, April 18, 2011

Who is that man behind the pussy willows and boxwood ?!? HINT: check out the pointed gold headgear. Barb and I went early on Palm Sunday morning to the center of old town Vienna for the strewing of palms before mass. No palms in Vienna — blessings and holy water anoint pussy willow branches instead. Seemed like everyone in the crowd had purchased a bundle of branches, some decorated with purple ribbons or even pretzels. More pictures in another post - but an FYI about the draw of religious ceremony. The Vienna Marathon took place this morning, too. Twenty-three thousand runners wound their way around the Stefansdom while no more than 200 faithful or curious onlookers followed the cardinal into this beautiful church for Palm Sunday mass.
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