Passion Time

The Passion Time is the period of the last two weeks of Lent indicated. In these days the liturgy focuses mainly on the suffering and death of Jesus Christ . In the Roman Catholic Church and moreover in the Anglican Church are at this time all images covered with purple cloth.

The period begins with Sunday Judica, also called Passion Sunday and lasts until the beginning of the Easter Vigil . The second Sunday of the passion of time, is also the last Sunday of Lent. On this Sunday is Palm Sunday celebrated, commemorated the anniversary of Jesus' entry. This Sunday begins the Holy Week .