NEW TESTAMENT

Mark 11:9

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Those who went in front and those who followed cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

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Verse 9. They that went before, were the prophets; and they that come after, are the apostles. S. Jerom.—All these voluntary offerings were grateful to our divine Saviour; so are the like offerings made to him in the blessed sacrament. B.

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“Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”.

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