I agree with Pr. Weedon. When I went to the Catholic church, the reading is so long that the priest signaled for the congregation to sit. I found myself skipping Palm Sunday services every year. My take is that priests know the lay people will not attend the Thursday or Friday services, so that they feel lay people need to hear the passion 'sometime' during the week, so Palm Sunday, now renamed Passion Sunday, is that day. Now I find in the Lutheran church, the lectionary calls for the long reading, instead of the topic/celebration for the day which is Palm Sunday. I've already emailed my local church to enquire what will happen this coming Sunday.