Sunday next before Easter – Palm Sunday
Procession of the Palms and Evensong for Palm Sunday (Year A)
Opening Responses
℣ O Lord, open thou our lips
℟ and our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
℣ O God, make speed to save us.
℟ O Lord, make haste to help us.
℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
℟ as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
℣ Praise ye the Lord.
℟ The Lord’s name be praised.
Procession of the Palms – Hymn
1 Hosanna, loud hosanna,
The little children sang;
Through pillared court and temple
The joyful anthem rang.
To Jesus, who had blessed them
Close folded to His breast,
The children sang their praises,
The simplest and the best.
2 From Olivet they followed
'Mid an exultant crowd,
The victor palm branch waving,
And chanting clear and loud;
The Lord of earth and heaven
Ride on in lowly state,
Nor scorned that little children
Should on His bidding wait.
3 “Hosanna in the highest!”
That ancient song we sing,
For Christ is our Redeemer,
The Lord of heaven our King.
O may we ever praise Him
With heart and life and voice,
And in His blissful presence
Eternally rejoice.
Procession of the Palms – Psalm
1 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious *
because his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let Israel now confess, that he is gracious *
and that his mercy endureth for ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now confess *
that his mercy endureth for ever.
4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lord confess *
that his mercy endureth for ever.
5 I called upon the Lord in trouble *
and the Lord heard me at large.
6 The Lord is on my side *
I will not fear what man doeth unto me.
7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me *
therefore shall I see my desire upon mine enemies.
8 It is better to trust in the Lord *
than to put any confidence in man.
9 It is better to trust in the Lord *
than to put any confidence in princes.
10 All nations compassed me round about *
but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them.
11 They kept me in on every side, they kept me in, I say, on every side *
but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them.
12 They came about me like bees, and are extinct even as the fire among the thorns *
for in the Name of the Lord I will destroy them.
13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall *
but the Lord was my help.
14 The Lord is my strength, and my song *
and is become my salvation.
15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous *
the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass.
16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence *
the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass.
17 I shall not die, but live *
and declare the works of the Lord.
18 The Lord hath chastened and corrected me *
but he hath not given me over unto death.
19 Open me the gates of righteousness *
that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord.
20 This is the gate of the Lord *
the righteous shall enter into it.
21 I will thank thee, for thou hast heard me *
and art become my salvation.
22 The same stone which the builders refused *
is become the head-stone in the corner.
23 This is the Lord’s doing *
and it is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which the Lord hath made *
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Help me now, O Lord *
O Lord, send us now prosperity.
26 Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord *
we have wished you good luck, ye that are of the house of the Lord.
27 God is the Lord who hath shewed us light *
bind the sacrifice with cords, yea, even unto the horns of the altar.
28 Thou art my God, and I will thank thee *
thou art my God, and I will praise thee.
29 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious *
and his mercy endureth for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.
Procession of the Palms – Antiphon and Invitatory Collect
Hosanna to the Son of David:
blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
O King of Israel:
Hosanna in the highest.
Let us pray.
Assist us mercifully with thy help,
O Lord God of our salvation,
that we may enter with joy upon the contemplation of those mighty acts,
whereby thou hast given us life and immortality;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
℟ Amen.
Procession of the Palms – Gospel
℣ The holy Gospel is written in the 21st chapter of the Gospel according to St Matthew, beginning at the first verse.
℟ Glory be to thee, O Lord.
℟ Praise be to thee, O Christ.
Procession of the Palms – Blessing of the Palms
℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟ And let my cry come unto thee. [Ps 102.1]
℣ I give thee thanks in the great congregation.
℟ I will praise thee among many people. [Ps 35.18]
It is right to praise thee, Almighty God,
for the acts of love by which thou hast redeemed us
through thy 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.
Bless, O Lord, these branches.
Let them 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 leadeth to eternal life;
who liveth and reigneth in glory with thee and the Holy Spirit,
now and for ever.
℟ Amen.
Procession of the Palms – Benedictus Qui Venit
Stanford in F Major, sung by Chichester Cathedral.
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Procession of the Palms – Sending Forth in Procession
Almighty and everlasting God,
who didst ordain that our Lord Jesus Christ
should ride upon a colt, the foal of an ass;
and didst teach the throngs of people
to spread their garments and the branches of trees in the way,
and to sing Hosanna in his praise:
grant, we beseech thee,
that we may follow the example of their innocence,
and like them, may render thee a worthy service.
Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.
℟ Amen.
℣ Let us go forth in peace.
℟ In the name of Christ. Amen.
Procession of the Palms – Processional Hymn
Ride on, ride on in majesty (Winchester New), sung by All Saints' Church, Margaret Street, London.
1 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Hark, all the tribes hosanna cry,
Thy humble beast pursues his road
With palms and scattered garments strowed.
2 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die:
O Christ, thy triumphs now begin
O’er captive death and conquered sin.
3 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The wingèd squadrons of the sky
Look down with sad and wondering eyes
To see the approaching sacrifice.
4 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh;
The Father on his sapphire throne
Awaits his own anointed Son.
5 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
Bow thy meek head to mortal pain,
Then take, O God, thy power, and reign.
Procession of the Palms – Stational Collect
Almighty God,
whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain,
and entered not into glory before he was crucified:
Mercifully grant that we,
walking in the way of the cross,
may find it none other than the way of life and peace;
through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
℟ Amen.
Office Hymn
All glory, laud, and honour (St Theodulph), sung by All Saints' Church, Margaret Street, London.
Refrain: All glory, laud and honour
To thee, Redeemer, King,
To whom the lips of children
Made sweet hosannas ring.
1 Thou art the King of Israel,
Thou David’s royal Son,
Who in the Lord’s name comest,
The King and blessèd One.
2 The company of angels
Are praising thee on high,
And mortal men and all things
Created make reply.
3 The people of the Hebrews
With palms before thee went;
Our praise and prayer and anthems
Before thee we present.
4 To thee before thy passion
They sang their hymns of praise;
To thee, now high exalted,
Our melody we raise.
5 Thou didst accept their praises,
Accept the prayers we bring,
Who in all good delightest,
Thou good and gracious King.
6 Do thou direct our footsteps
Upon our earthly way,
And bring us by thy mercy
To heaven's eternal day.
7 Within that blessèd City
Thy praises may we sing,
And ever raise hosannas
To our most loving King.
Psalmody
Psalm 80 (Barnby), sung by Lincoln Cathedral.
1 Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep *
shew thyself also, thou that sittest upon the cherubims.
2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses *
stir up thy strength, and come, and help us.
3 Turn us again, O God *
shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
4 O Lord God of hosts *
how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears *
and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink.
6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours *
and our enemies laugh us to scorn.
7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts *
shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt *
thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou madest room for it *
and when it had taken root it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it *
and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.
11 She stretched out her branches unto the sea *
and her boughs unto the river.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge *
that all they that go by pluck off her grapes?
13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up *
and the wild beasts of the field devour it.
14 Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down from heaven *
behold, and visit this vine;
15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted *
and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself.
16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down *
and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand *
and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self.
18 And so will not we go back from thee *
O let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name.
19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts *
shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.
and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.
First Lesson
The First Lesson is written in the fifth chapter of the Book of Isaiah, beginning at the first verse.
Here endeth the First Lesson.
Magnificat
Stanford in B Flat, sung by Winchester Cathedral.
1 My soul doth magnify the Lord :
and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
2 For he hath regarded :
the lowliness of his handmaiden.
3 For behold, from henceforth :
all generations shall call me blessed.
4 For he that is mighty hath magnified me :
and holy is his Name.
5 And his mercy is on them that fear him :
throughout all generations.
6 He hath shewed strength with his arm :
he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
7 He hath put down the mighty from their seat :
and hath exalted the humble and meek.
8 He hath filled the hungry with good things :
and the rich he hath sent empty away.
9 He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel :
as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.
Second Lesson
The Second Lesson is written in the 21st chapter of the Gospel according to St Matthew, beginning at the 33rd verse.
Here endeth the Second Lesson.
Nunc Dimittis
Stanford in B Flat, sung by Winchester Cathedral.
1 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace :
according to thy word.
2 For mine eyes have seen :
thy salvation;
3 Which thou hast prepared :
before the face of all people;
4 To be a light to lighten the Gentiles :
and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.
Creed
Said at Canterbury Cathedral.
I believe in God the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth:
and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hell;
the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
the holy catholic Church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
Preces and Responses, Part I
℣ The Lord be with you.
℟ And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Our Father, which art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done,
in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
℟ And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Our Father, which art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done,
in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Preces and Responses, Part II
℣ O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.
℟ And grant us thy salvation.
℣ O Lord, save the Queen.
℟ And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.
℣ Endue thy ministers with righteousness.
℟ And make thy chosen people joyful.
℣ O Lord, save thy people.
℟ And bless thine inheritance.
℣ Give peace in our time, O Lord.
℟ Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.
℣ O God, make clean our hearts within us.
℟ And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
Collects
The Collect of the Sunday next before Easter
Almighty and everlasting God,
who, of thy tender love towards mankind,
hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross,
that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility:
mercifully grant that we may both follow the example of his patience,
and also be made partakers of his resurrection;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.
℟ Amen.
The Collect for Peace
O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed;
give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give;
that both, our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments,
and also that, by thee, we being defended from the fear of our enemies
may pass our time in rest and quietness;
through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
℟ Amen.
The Collect for Aid against all Perils
Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord;
and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night;
for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
℟ Amen.
Anthem
Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna, thou that sittest in the highest heav'ns!
Hosanna in excelsis Deo!
Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna, thou that sittest in the highest heav'ns!
Hosanna in excelsis Deo!
Prayers and Thanksgivings
Prayer in the time of any common Plague or Sickness
O Almighty God,
who in thy wrath didst send a plague upon thine own people in the wilderness,
for their obstinate rebellion against Moses and Aaron;
and also, in the time of king David,
didst slay with the plague of pestilence threescore and ten thousand,
and yet remembering thy mercy didst save the rest:
Have pity upon us miserable sinners,
who now are visited with great sickness and mortality;
that like as thou didst then accept of an atonement,
and didst command the destroying Angel to cease from punishing,
so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
℟ Amen.
General Thanksgiving and Prayer of St Chrysostom
Almighty God, Father of all mercies,
we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks
for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men;
We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life;
but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ,
for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.
And we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies,
that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful,
and that we shew forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives;
by giving up ourselves to thy service,
and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory,
world without end.
Amen.
Almighty God,
who hast given us grace at this time
with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee;
and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name
thou wilt grant their requests:
fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants,
as may be most expedient for them;
granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth,
and in the world to come life everlasting.
℟ Amen.
Hymn
1 My song is love unknown,
My Saviour’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?
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!
3 Sometimes they strew his way,
And his sweet praises sing;
Resounding all the day
Hosannas to their King.
Then 'Crucify!'
Is all their breath,
And for his death
They thirst and cry.
4 They rise, and needs will have
My dear Lord made away;
A murderer they save,
The Prince of Life they slay.
Yet cheerful he
To suffering goes,
That he his foes
From thence might free.
5 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.
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