Palm Sunday
13 April 2014
The Gathering of the Community
The Opening Hymn
‘My Song Is Love Unknown’ Common
Praise #184 vv. 1, 2, 3
Introductory Responses
Christ became obedient unto death for us,
even
death upon a cross.
He was pierced for our sins,
bruised
for no fault but ours.
His punishment has won our peace,
and
by his wounds we are healed.
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
to receive power and riches and wisdom,
strength,
honour, glory and praise. Amen.
Hymn of Confession
‘Before I Take the Body of My Lord’ Common
Praise #610
May the God of love and power
forgive you and free you from your sins,
heal and strengthen you by the Holy Spirit,
and raise you to new life in Christ our
Lord. Amen. [i]
The Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
Giver of light,
your
steadfast love endures forever.
Open
our hearts to the Blessed One
who
comes so humbly,
on
a borrowed colt.
Open
before us the gates of your justice,
that
we may enter,
confessing
in heaven and on earth
The Proclamation of the Word
First Reading
A reading from 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?
Here what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks
be to God.
The Psalm of the Day
Psalm 118.1-2, 19-29 with the
Refrain from Songs for the Holy One
alt.
Refrain
(twice): God’s
faithful love endures for ever. Sing
hosannah!
1 Give
thanks to the Lord who is good; *
the mercy of the
Lord endures for ever.
2 Let Israel now proclaim, *
”The mercy of the Lord endures for
ever.”
Refrain: God’s
faithful love endures for ever. Sing
hosannah!
19 Open for
me the gates of righteousness; *
I will enter
them; I will offer thanks to the Lord.
20 ”This is the gate of the Lord; *
the one who is righteous may enter.”
21 I will
give thanks to the Lord who answered me *
and has become my
salvation.
22 The same stone which the builders rejected
*
has become the chief cornerstone.
Refrain: God’s
faithful love endures for ever. Sing
hosannah!
23 This is
the Lord’s doing, *
and it is
marvellous in our eyes.
24 On this day the Lord has acted; *
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Hosannah,
Lord, hosannah! *
Lord, send us now
success.
26 Blessed is the one who comes in the name of
the Lord; *
we bless you from the house of the
Lord.
Refrain: God’s
faithful love endures for ever. Sing
hosannah!
27 God is the
Lord and has shined upon us; *
form a procession with branches up to the
horns of the altar.
28 ”You are
my God, and I will thank you; *
you are my God,
and I will exalt you.”
29 Give thanks to the Lord who is good; *
the mercy of the Lord endures for
ever.
Refrain: God’s
faithful love endures for ever. Sing
hosannah!
The Second Reading
A reading from the Letter to the Philippians
(2.5-11).
Let the same mind be in you that was in
Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality
with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of
a slave, being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to
the point of death — even death on a cross.
Therefore
God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and
under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
the glory of God the Father.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks
be to God.
The Gradual Hymn
‘My Song Is Love Unknown’ Common
Praise #184 vv. 4, 5, 6
The Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Matthew (21.1-11).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
When
they 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 Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
The Apostles’ Creed
Let us confess the faith of our baptism.
I
believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator
of heaven and earth.
I
believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,
who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born
of the virgin Mary,
suffered
under Pontius Pilate,
was
crucified, died and was buried;
he
descended to the dead.
On
the third day he rose again;
he
ascended into heaven,
he
is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and
he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the
holy catholic church,
the
communion of saints,
the
forgiveness of sins,
the
resurrection of the body,
and
the life everlasting. Amen.
The Prayers of the Community
Intercessions, Thanksgivings and Petitions
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of our servant Lord be with you
all.
And
also with you.
The Holy Communion
The Offertory Hymn
‘We, the Lord’s People’ Common
Praise #10
The Prayer over the Gifts
God our provider,
you
have not fed us with bread alone,
but
with words of grace and life.
Bless
us and these your gifts,
which
we receive from your bounty,
Thanksgiving at the Table
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We
lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It
is right to give our thanks and praise.
Blessed are you, gracious God,
creator of heaven and earth;
we give you thanks and praise
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who for our salvation became obedient unto
death.
The tree of defeat became the tree of
victory:
where life was lost, life has been restored.
Therefore with angels and archangels
and all the heavenly chorus,
we cry out to proclaim the glory of your
name. [iv]
Holy,
holy, holy Lord,
God
of power and might,
heaven
and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna
in the highest.
Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
God of our weary years, God of our silent
tears,
you have brought us this far along the way.
In times of bitterness you did not abandon
us,
but guided us into the path of love and
light.
In every age you sent prophets to make known
your loving will for all humanity.
The cry of the poor has become your own cry;
our hunger and thirst for justice is your own
desire.
In the fullness of time, you sent your chosen
servant
to preach good news to the afflicted,
to break bread with the outcast and despised,
and to ransom those in bondage to prejudice
and sin.
In the night in which he was betrayed,
our Lord Jesus Christ took bread, and gave
thanks;
broke it, and gave it to his disciples,
saying:
Take and eat; this is my body, given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me.
Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave
thanks,
and gave it for all to drink, saying:
This cup is the new covenant in my blood,
shed for you and for all people, for the
forgiveness of sin.
Do this for the remembrance of me.
For as often as we eat of this bread and
drink from this cup,
we proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Christ
has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Remembering, therefore, his death and
resurrection,
we await the day when Jesus shall return
to free all the earth from the bonds of
slavery and death.
Come, Lord Jesus! And let the church say, Amen.
Amen.
Send your Holy Spirit, our advocate, to fill
the hearts of all
who share this bread and cup with courage and
wisdom
to pursue love and justice in all the world.
Come, Spirit of freedom! And let the church say, Amen.
Amen.
Join our prayers and praise with prophets and
martyrs of every age,
that, rejoicing in the hope of the
resurrection,
we might live in the freedom and hope of your
Son.
Through him, with him, in him, in the unity
of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honour is yours almighty
Father, now and for ever.
Amen. [vi]
The Lord’s Prayer
As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,
Our
Father in heaven,
hallowed
be your name,
your
kingdom come,
your
will be done,
on
earth as in heaven.
Give
us today our daily bread.
Forgive
us our sins
as
we forgive those who sin against us.
Save
us from the time of trial,
and
deliver us from evil.
For
the kingdom, the power,
and
the glory are yours,
The Breaking of the Bread
We break this bread,
communion
in Christ’s body once broken.
Let your church be the wheat
which bears its fruit in dying.
If
we have died with him,
we
shall live with him;
if
we hold firm,
we
shall reign with him.
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
The Communion
The Hymn after Communion
‘Eat This Bread, Drink This Cup’ Common
Praise #63
The Sending Forth of the Community
The Blessing of the Palms
Dear friends in Christ,
during Lent we have been preparing
for the celebration of our Lord’s paschal
mystery.
On this day our Lord Jesus Christ
entered the holy city of Jerusalem in
triumph.
The people welcomed him with palms and shouts
of praise,
but the path before him led to self-giving,
suffering and death.
Today we greet him as our Sovereign,
although we know his crown is thorns and his
throne a cross.
We follow him this week from the glory of the
palms
to the glory of the resurrection
by way of the dark road of suffering and
death.
United with him in his suffering on the
cross,
may we share his resurrection and new life.
Let us pray.
Assist us mercifully with your help,
Lord
God of our salvation,
that
we may enter with joy
into
the celebration of those mighty acts
whereby
you give us life and immortality;
through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It
is right to give our 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.
The Hebrews acclaimed Jesus as Messiah and
Sovereign,
with palm branches in their hands, crying,
Hosanna in the highest.
May we also, carrying these emblems, go forth
to meet Christ
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.
The Distribution of the Palms
The Processional Hymn
‘All Glory, Laud and Honour’ Common
Praise #181
The Dismissal
Blessed is the One who comes in the name of
the Lord.
Hosanna
in the highest.
Let us go forth in peace.
In
the name of Christ. Amen.
[i] Common Worship (2000), 135 alt.
[ii] Revised Common Lectionary Prayers
(2002), 91.
[iii] Offering
Prayer for Lent, Evangelical Lutheran
Worship (2006), 64.
[iv] Second Preface
for Holy Week, The Book of Alternative
Services (1985), 221.
[v] Common Praise #722.
[vi] Thanksgiving
at the Table VIII, Evangelical Lutheran
Worship (2006), 67-68.
[vii] Common Praise #744.
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