Palm/Passion Sunday A
The crucified King
Sentence
At the name of Jesus, every knee shall bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:10-11
Collects
Almighty and everlasting God, in tender love towards mankind you sent your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take our nature upon him and suffer death on the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility: grant that we may follow the example of his sufferings, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. BCP. Sunday next before Easter
Let us pray [for a closer union with Christ in his passion.]
Almighty, ever-living God, you have given the human race Jesus Christ our Saviour as a model of humility. He fulfilled your will by becoming man and giving his life on the cross. help us to bear witness to you by following his example of suffering, and make us worthy to share his resurrection. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. AAPB
Merciful god, as we enter this holy week and gather at your house of prayer, turn our hearts again to Jerusalem, to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, that, united with Christ and all the faithful, we may one day enter in triumph the city not made with hands, the new Jerusalem, eternal in the heavens, where, with you and the Holy Spirit, Christ lives in glory for ever. Amen. APBA
God of all, you gave your only-begotten Son to take the form of a servant, and to be obedient even to death on a cross: give us the same mind that was in Christ Jesus that, sharing in his humility, we may come to be with him in his glory; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. APBA
Readings
Palm Sunday
The triumphal entry.
Matthew 21:1-11
The stone the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
Psalm 118:19-29
118:1-2, 19-29
Passion Sunday
The obedient servant of the Lord.
Isaiah 50:4-11
50:4-9a
O Lord, let your face shine upon your servant.
Psalm 31:9-16
31:9-18
Christ became obedient.
Philippians 2:5-11
Gethsemane / Before the Sanhedrin / The trial / The passion / The burial.
Matthew 26:36-56 / 26:57-75 / 27:1-31 / 27:32-56 / 27:57-66
26:14-27:66
Supplementary readings
Consecration of the firstborn.
Exodus 13:1-16
Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground.
John 12:20-36
12:20-32
Hymns and Spiritual Songs
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