PALM SUNDAY: April 5, 2020 – The Sunday of the Passion

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EACH MEMBER OF A HOUSEHOLD PROCURES A BUDDING OR LEAFING BRANCH, BY CUTTING OR BY PICKING UP PALMS FROM CHURCH, TO SYMBOLIZE THE BRANCHES STREWN IN THE ROAD OUR SAVIOR TOOK INTO JERUSALEM. WE WILL BLESS THESE BRANCHES AT THE END OF THE SERVICE OF PRAYERS.

Prelude: “The Lord of Love Draws Nigh” – Lois Myers Emig

Opening hymn – #154, All glory, laud, and honor

Chorus: All glory, laud, and honor to thee, Redeemer, King to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.
Verse 1:
Thou art the King of Israel, thou David’s royal Son,
who in the lord’s Name comest, the King and Blessed One. Chorus
Verse 3:
The people of the Hebrews with palms before thee went;
our praise and prayers and anthems before thee we present. Chorus
Verse 4:
To thee before thy passion they sang their hymns of praise;
to thee, now high exalted, our melody we raise. Chorus
Verse 5:
Thou didst accept their praises; accept the prayers we bring,
who in all good delightest, thou good and gracious King. no chorus

Leader: Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord.

People: Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.
Celebrant: Let us pray.
Assist us mercifully with your help, O Lord God of our salvation, that we may enter with joy upon the contemplation of those mighty acts, whereby you have given us life and immortality; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.
Silence may be kept.
The People together
Most merciful God, 
we confess that we have sinned against you 
in thought, word, and deed, 
by what we have done, 
and by what we have left undone. 
We have not loved you with our whole heart; 
we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. 
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. 
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, 
have mercy on us and forgive us; 
that we may delight in your will, 
and walk in your ways, 
to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins 
through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all 
goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in 
eternal life. Amen.
Lord, open our lips. And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Glory to the holy and undivided Trinity, one God; as it was in the beginning is not and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Jubilate Psalm 100 (The Saint Helena’s Psalter)
May all lands be joyful before you, O God *
serve you with gladness
and come before your presence with a song.

For we know that you are God; *
you yourself have made us, and we are yours;
we are your people and the sheep of your pasture.

We shall enter your gates with thanksgiving;
go into your courts with praise; *
give thanks to you and call upon your Name.

For you are good; 
your mercy is everlasting; *
and your faithfulness endures from age to age.

Glory to God, Source of all being, Incarnate Word, and Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen.

The Liturgy of the Word
Isaiah 50:4-9a
The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens–wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.
The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious,  I did not turn backward. I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face
from insult and spitting. The Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame; he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me. It is the Lord God who helps me; who will declare me guilty? The Word of the Lord.

Psalm 31:9-16
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; *
my eye is consumed with sorrow,
and also my throat and my belly.

For my life is wasted with grief,
and my years with sighing; *
my strength fails me because of affliction,
and my bones are consumed.

I have become a reproach to all my enemies and even to my neighbors,
a dismay to those of my acquaintance; *
when they see me in the street they avoid me.

I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; *
I am as useless as a broken pot.

For I have heard the whispering of the crowd;
fear is all around; *
they put their heads together against me;
they plot to take my life.

But as for me, I have trusted in you, O Lord. *
I have said, “You are my God.

My times are in your hand; *
rescue me from the hand of my enemies,
and from those who persecute me.

Make your face to shine upon your servant, *
and in your loving-kindness save me.”

Gospel Hymn, #458, My song is love unknown

Verse 1:
My song is love unknown, my Savior’s love to me,
love to the loveless shown that they might lovely be.
O who am I that for my sake my lord should take frail flesh, and die?
Verse 2:
He came from his blest throne salvation to bestow,
but men made strange, and none the longed-for Christ would know.
But O my friend, my friend indeed, who at my need his life did spend.
Verse 3:
Sometimes they strew his way, and his strong praises sing,
resounding all the day hosannas to their King.
Then “Crucify” is all their breath, and for his death they thirst and cry.
Verse 7:
Here might I stay and sing, no story so divine:
never was love, dear King, never was grief like thine.
This is my friend, in whose sweet praise I all my days could gladly spend.

Matthew 21:1-11
When Jesus and his disciples had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, `The Lord needs them.’ And he will send them immediately.” This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying, “Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?” The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.” The word of the Lord

Musical Meditation: “Adagio in C” – W. A. Mozart

 

The Prayers
The Lord’s Prayer, in your preferred form or language

The Suffrages
V.    Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance;
R.    Govern them and uphold them, now and always.
V.    Day by day we bless you;
R.    We praise your name for ever.
V.    Lord, keep us from all sin today;
R.    Have mercy upon us, Lord, have mercy.
V.    Lord, show us your love and mercy;
R.    For we put our trust in you.
V.    In you, Lord, is our hope;
R.    And we shall never hope in vain.

The Collect of the Day

Celebrant and People
Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share
in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Let us pray:
O God in heaven, almighty and everlasting, you have brought us in safety to this new day: Preserve us with your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin nor be overcome by adversity; and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

We offer our intercessions, aloud or silently.
O God, our shield and armor of light, whom we adore with all the angelic host: Defend us from evil; watch over any who are in danger this day and give your angels charge over them; and grant that we may always rejoice in your heavenly protection and serve you bravely in the world; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

Blessing of the branches
Leader: The Lord be with you. 

People: And also with you.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. 

People: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
It is right to praise you, Almighty God, for the acts of love by which you have redeemed us through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. On this day he entered the holy city of Jerusalem in triumph, and was proclaimed as King of kings by those who spread their garments and branches of palm along his way. Let these branches be for us signs of his victory, and grant that we who bear them in his name may ever hail him as our King, and follow him in the way that leads to eternal life; who lives and reigns in glory with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

Bow down before the Lord
Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

People: Hosanna in the highest.
Leader: Let us go forth in peace. 

People: In the name of Christ. Amen.

Closing Hymn 168 (Verses 1,3,5)

Verse 1:
O sacred head sore wounded, defiled and put to scorn;
O kingly head surrounded with mocking crown of thorn:
what sorrow mars thy grandeur? Can death thy bloom deflower?
O countenance whose splendor the hosts of heaven adore!
Verse 3:
In thy most bitter passion my heart to share doth cry,
with thee for my salvation upon the cross to die.
Ah, keep my heart thus moved to stand thy cross beneath,
to mourn thee, well-beloved, yet thank thee for thy death.
Verse 5:
My days are few, O fail not, with thine immortal power,
to hold me that I quail not in death’s most fearful hour;
that I may fight befriended, and see in my last strife
to me thine arms extended upon the cross of life.

 

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8 Comments

  1. Thank you Scott, Wendy, Tom Sr, Karen for your continued service to our church.

    God bless and stay healthy and safe.

    Sue Kaniewski

  2. We appreciated this service. Thanks to Scott and Rev. Lois for preparing it for us. Also, cudos to Tom for getting the ceiling painted. We miss you all. You are in our prayers.

    Stay healty and God Bless,

    Edie and Dave

  3. What a Beautiful Palm Sunday! There are still Palms on the front steps of the church for anyone who would like some.

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