April 13, 2025
Palm Sunday
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Entrance Hymn: All Glory Laud and Honor (RS 585)
All glory, laud, and honor
To you, Redeemer, King!
To whom the lips of children
Made sweet hosannas ring.
1. You are the King of Israel
And David’s royal Son, Now Son,
Now in the Lord’s Name coming,
Our King and Blessed One.
2. The company of angels
Are praising you on high; And high;
And we, with all creation,
In chorus make reply.
3. The people of the Hebrews
With palms before you went; Our went;
Our praise and prayers and anthems
Before you we present.
4. To you, before your passion,
They sang their hymns of praise. To praise.
To you, now high exalted,
Our melody we raise.
5. Their praises you accepted;
Accept the prayers we bring, Great bring,
Great source of love and goodness,
Our Savior and our King.
Text: Gloria, laus et honor; Theodulph of Orleans, c.760–821; tr. by John M. Neale, 1818–1866, alt. Tune: ST. THEODULPH, 7 6 7 6 D; Melchior Teschner, 1584–1635 Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Scripture Readings (external link): Palm Sunday
Responsorial: Psalm 22 (RS 38)
R: My God, my God, O why have you abandoned me?
Preparation Hymn: Hear Us, Almighty Lord (RS 560)
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Communion Hymn: O Sacred Head Surrounded (RS 598)
O Sacred Head surrounded
By crown of piercing thorn!
O bleeding Head, so wounded,
Reviled and put to scorn!
The pow’r of death comes o’er you,
The glow of life decays,
Yet angel hosts adore you,
And tremble as they gaze.
I see your strength and vigor
All fading in the strife,
And death with cruel rigor,
Bereaving you of life;
O agony and dying!
O love to sinners free!
Jesus, all grace supplying,
O turn your face on me.
In this, your bitter passion,
Good Shepherd, think of me
With your most sweet compassion,
Unworthy though I be:
Beneath your cross abiding
For ever would I rest,
In your dear love confiding,
And with your presence blest.
Text: Salve caput cruentatum; ascr. to Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153; tr. by Henry Baker, 1821-1877 Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Communion Hymn: What Wondrous Love Is This (RS 807)
What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul?
What wondrous love is this, O my soul?
What wondrous love is this
that caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul;
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul?
To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb, I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb
who is the great I Am,
While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing;
While millions join the theme, I will sing.
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on;
And when from death I’m free,
I’ll sing and joyful be,
And through eternity I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on!
And through eternity I’ll sing on.
Text: Alexander Means, 1801-1853 Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Concluding Hymn: How Great Thou Art (RS 730)
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy pow’r throughout the universe displayed!
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee;
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee;
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
When thru the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees,
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze.
And when I think that God, His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin!
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!
Text: Stuart K. Hine, 1899-1989, © 1953, 1981, Manna Music, Inc. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.