PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION B Lectionary #37, 38
Procession with Palms
Gospel at the Procession: Mark 11:1-10. Jesus is in charge of his own destiny. He enters Jerusalem the way a king would, riding instead of walking.
Opening Antiphon and Procession
All Glory, Laud and Honor WOR 428/LMGM 30/CBW 62/GP 356/BB/WC 547/JS 399/GC 402/GC2 421/RS 563/WS/PMB 244/SS/LPGG 810
Benedictus Qui Venit WOR 429
Blessings on the King GP 357
He Is King of Kings LMGM 86/WOR 498
Hosanna GC 403/GC2 423,425/CBW 59, 60, 61/BB/RS 969/GP 358/JS 396, 397/WS/PMB 595/PRM B26/LPGG 808/BFW 101/PSL B-50/SS
Hosanna in Excelsis WOR 430
Hosanna, Son of God WC 545/PMB 243
Palm Sunday Procession BB
Palm Sunday Processional GC 420
Ride On, Jesus, Ride GC 405/GC2 424/LMGM 264/RS 562
Ride On, King Jesus GP 359/JS 398
Ride On! Ride On in Majesty PMB 245/WC 552/WS
Sing Hosanna to Our King WS
The Children of Jerusalem BB/PMB 596, 597/PRM B27, B28
The Children of the Hebrews BFW 104/SS
At the Mass
Note this rubric from the Lectionary for Mass: “The Mass for Palm Sunday is provided with three readings. It is strongly recommended [emphasis added] that all three be used, unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise.
“Given, however, the importance of the account of the Lord’s Passion, the priest, having in mind the character of each individual congregation, is authorized to choose only one of the two readings prescribed before the Gospel, or if necessary, he may read only the account of the Passion, even in the shorter form.”
Isaiah 50:4-7. The third Song of the Servant is the song of a disciple who listens and learns and lives by what God says.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (21) 22
The opening line of this individual lament is quoted by Jesus on the cross (see Mark 15:34 in today’s passion narrative). After listing his trials, the psalmist affirms faith in God and promises to praise God “in the midst of the assembly.”
Dios Mío, Dios Mío (Alturas) FYC 180
Dios Mío, Dios Mío (Grajeda) GP 176
Dios Mío, Dios Mío/My God, My God (Hurd) FYC 181/JS 21
Dios Mío, Dios Mío/My God, My God (Schiavone) FYC 182
My God, My God PSL B-51/SS
My God, My God (Alstott) JS 22/BB
My God, My God (Guimont) GC2 892/LPMG 38
My God, My God (Harbor) LMGM 513
My God, My God (Haugen) GC 29/GC2 22/PCY1 30/RS 43
My God, My God (Hunstiger) SS
My God, My God (Isele) LMGM 514
My God, My God (Manion) MI‑BB/GP 175
My God, My God (Peloquin) SI 44
My God, My God (Proulx) WC 390/WS/PMB 140, 598/PRM B29
My God, My God (Schiavone) JS 918/SP3 10/GP 177/MI‑BB/LP 49
My God, My God (Schoen/Gelineau) WOR 806/RS 42/LPGG 811
My God, My God (Vervoort/Murray) CBW 63
My God, My God (Willcock) PFS 20/SS
Palm Sunday Psalm (Hughes) CCS 2329
Philippians 2:6-11. This is the “kenosis” hymn—a Christian hymn that Paul borrowed and inserted into his letter to the Christians at Philippi, adding the phrase “death on a cross” to make his point that Jesus was actually a human being and not a divine being who merely seemed human—a human being who died and was exalted.
Mark 14:1-15:47. Note the rubric in the Lectionary for Mass: “The Passion begins directly, without the greeting or the acclamation of the people, but concludes in the usual manner.” The rubric in the Roman Missal is more explicit: “The narrative of the Lord’s Passion is read without candles and without incense, with no greeting or signing of the Book.”
Mark’s account of Jesus’ suffering and death interweaves a series of betrayals with a series of surprising acts of fidelity. Through it all, Jesus is presented as knowing what is coming and choosing his fate. The betrayers include Judas Iscariot, Peter (several times), James and John (in the garden), the leaders of the Sanhedrin, and Pilate. Jesus even has doubts about God (15:34). Those who are faithful include Simon of Bethany, the woman with the perfumed oil, the man with the water jar, Simon the Cyrenian, the centurion, the women—Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, Salome, and other women—and Joseph of Arimathea. God, of course, as we learn on Easter, is the most faithful of all.
LITURGICAL NOTE: If you intend to read the Passion Narrative in parts, the traditional division is threefold: narrator, Christ, and crowd (that is, all other voices). It is probably not a good idea to give the congregation the “people’s part” of this narrative, because that puts them in an adversarial relationship to Jesus. Instead, they should experience themselves as sharing not only in the sin that led to Jesus’ death but also in his act of self-sacrifice, to which they have been joined in sacramental initiation and to which they will join themselves again in the Eucharist.
Other Songs for the Liturgy
Adoramus Te Christe (2) GC 396/GC2 400/RS 542/SS
All You Who Pass This Way (G) WOR 440/GC 421/RS 567
*At the Name of Jesus (2) CBW 427/WOR 499/MI‑BB/GP 424/JS 400, 483/WS
Behold, before Our Wond’ring Eyes (G) JS 381/BB
Behold the Lamb of God (1) JS 809/GP 360/BB/GC 823/GC2 824
Behold the Wood (G) GP 369/CBW 379/GC 420/GC2 437/JS 411/BB
Calvary (G) LMGM 38/GC 419/RS 568
Crux Fidelis (2,G) PMB 247/WC 769/WS
*Do This in Remembrance of Me (G) WC 641
Down at the Cross (G) LMGM 46
Glory in the Cross (G) JS 523/MI-BB
He Will Remember Me LMGM 36
How Long, O Lord? (Ps) GP 353/MI-BB
I Will Not Die JS 658/MI‑BB/GC 657/RS 771/GP 716
*If I Must Drink This Cup (C) PSL B-52/SS
In the Cross of Christ (2) GC2 436/RS 221/SS
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross (G) LMGM 45/WS
*Jesus the Lord (2) GP 370/JS 484/GC 418/GC2 403/MI‑BB/CBW 432/RS 574
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley (G) WOR 427/PMB 242/JS 387/WC 540/RS 557/WS
Keep in Mind (G) PMB 36/WC 816/MI‑BB/GC 674/GC2 658/RS 940/GP 492/JS 589/WS/SS
Lift High the Cross (G) WOR 704/CBW 435/GP 444/MI‑BB/PMB 393/WC 767/JS 522/GC 791/GC2 785/RS 884/WS/SS
Lord, We Adore You (1,G) JS 413
My Song Is Love Unknown (G) WOR 439/JS 415/RS 572
No Greater Love GC 628/GC2 607/BB/CBW 599/RS 753/GP 362/SS
Now We Remain (2) GC 694/GC2 696/MI‑BB/WC 640/RS 813/WS/SS
O Cross of Christ CBW 368/PMB 248/WC 770/SS
O Crucified Messiah (G) BB
O Love of God Incarnate (G) JS 410
*O Lowly Lamb of God Most High (2) SS
O Sacred Head, Surrounded (1,G) WOR 434/LMGM 52/CBW 378/GP 367/BB/PMB 255/WC 556/JS 409/GC 415/GC2 435/RS 569/WS/SS
Only This I Want (2) GC 695/GC2 701/GP 575/JS 766/CBW 516/MI‑BB
Ours Were the Griefs He Bore (G) BB
*Philippians Canticle (2) WOR 92
*Psalm of Hope (Ps) RS 730
Sing, My Tongue, the Savior's Glory (G) JS 414/BB
Sing, My Tongue, the Song of Triumph (G) RS 573/WOR 437/CBW 69
*Take and Eat (G) GC 831/GC2 812/WC 660/CBW 611/RS 910/WS/SS
Take Up Your Cross (2) WOR 634//CBW 485/MI-BB/LMGM 50/GC 698/GC2 688, 690/JS 524/PMB 238/WC 768/RS 808/GP 586/WS/SS
*Though in the Form of God (2) CBW 687
Tree of Life – Haugen GC 397/GC2 401/CBW 373/RS 541/SS
Unless a Grain of Wheat JS 760, 802/MI‑BB/GC 697/GC2 699/RS 804/GP 579
Up to Jerusalem (G) PMB 246/WC 546/WS
We Acclaim the Cross of Jesus (G) PMB 252/WC 772/WS
We Have No Glory JS 671
We Remember GC 593/GC2 578/MI‑BB/WC 665/RS 724/WS/SS
We Should Glory in the Cross (G) JS 686
We Who Once Were Dead CBW 402
Were You There (G) LMGM 43/WOR 436/GC 416/GC2 438/JS 412/PMB 250/WC 553/BB/GP 368/RS 570/WS/SS
What Wondrous Love Is This (2,G) WOR 600/GP 642/MI‑BB/PMB 253/WC 732/JS 755/GC 406b, 627/GC2 614/RS 749/WS/SS
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (G) WOR 433/CBW 382/BB/PMB 249/WC 771/WS/JS
When Jesus Wept (G) JS 418/BB
*Wood of the Cross (Ps) JS 407/BB
| Title of Anthem, Voicing & Instrumentation | Composer/arranger/editor | Publisher & edition # | |
| Adoramus Te Christe | Clemens Non Papa | GIA | G |
| Adoramus Te Christe | Dubois | GIA | G |
| Adoramus Te Christe Adoramus Te Christe |
Gasparini Gasparini |
Belwin CPDL |
G |
| Adoramus Te Christe (Three Communion Anthems) | Near | Aureole Ed. | G |
| Adoramus Te Christe | Pitoni | CPDL | G |
| Adoramus Te Christe | Viadana | CPDL | G |
| All Glory, Laud and Honor (SATB, opt. keyboard or 10 handbells, perc.) | Proulx, Richard | GIA (G-2915) | E |
| All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name DIADEM (2-part Mixed Voices, Organ, opt. Trumpet) | Johnson, Dennis R. | GIA (G-5887) | 2 |
| An Hosanna Fanfare | Nestor, Leo | E. C. Schirmer (Two Miniatures for Holy Week) | |
| Antiphonal Hosanna (2-part, organ) | Smith, G. Alan | Hope Publishing (F973) | P |
| Antiphonal Hosanna (2-part) | Leavitt | Hal Leonard | |
A Sacred Song for Palm Sunday |
DeLong | E.C. Schirmer | E |
| At the Name of Jesus (SATB, organ) At the Name of Jesus (SA, organ) |
Langlais, Jean Willan, Healy |
Hinshaw (HMC 423) Concordia (97-7160) |
2 |
| Ave Verum Verum | F. Peeters | Schwann | |
| Behold the Lamb of God (SA) | Bouman | Concordia | |
| Blessed Is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord (SATB, Unison children's, keyboard) |
Carter, John |
Augsburg (11-74510) |
P |
| Christ Became Obedient (SATB, keyboard/organ, Latin/English) Christ Became Obedient (SATB, keyboard/organ, Latin only) Christ Hath Humbled Himself in “We Praise Thee,” Vol. I (2-part, organ) |
Anerio, Felice Anerio, Felice Willan, Healy |
GIA (G-1967) Alexander Broude (ABC 32) Concordia |
2 |
| Christ Jesus Lord, Thy Name Adored in “Three German Motets” (SATB, English/German) | Praetorius, Michael/Guentner, S.J., Francis J. | Augsburg (11-10089) | 2 |
| Christus Factus Est (SATB, Latin only) Christus Factus Est (SATB, keyboard/organ, Latin only) Christus Factus Est (SATB, keyboard/organ, Latin/English) Christus Factus Est (SATB, keyboard/organ, Latin/English) Christus Factus Est Christus Factus Est Christus Factus Est Christus Factus Est Christus Factus Est (SAB) Christus Factus Est Christus Factus Est in “Geistliche Gesang Für Männerchor (TTBB) Christus Factus Est (SATB) |
Bruckner, Anton Bruckner, Anton/Barlow, Stephen Bruckner, Anton/Klein, Maynard Bruckner, Anton Bruckner, Anton Morago Anerio Daley Durante, Francesco Eberlin Palestrina, G. P. Zingarelli, Miccolo/Kaplan, A. |
Arista (AE-157) Walton (2161) G. Schirmer Summy Birchard (5249) Peters Aureole Editions / MS Tetra Music Corp. & CPDL Alliance Music Publications Arista (AE 275) CPDL Oratoriumsverlag Lawson-Gould (51428) |
G |
| Crucifixus from “Mass in B Minor” (SATB) Crucifixus |
Bach, J. S. Bach, J. S./Churchill |
E. C. Schirmer (1174) Bourne Co. (750) |
G |
| Crucifixus | Lotti | CPDL | G |
| Crux Fidelis Crux Fidelis |
Ducasse, Roger King John the IV of Portugal |
Presser CPDL |
G |
| Ehre Sei Dir Christe (SATB) | Schütz, Heinrich | G. Schirmer (10123) | G |
| Entrance into Jerusalem and Hymn | Proulx, Richard | Oxford | |
| Fanfare for Palm Sunday (SATB, organ) | Proulx, Richard | GIA (G-2829) | P |
| Fanfare Hosanna | W.B.Roberts | Paraclete Press | |
| For Our Sake (SATB, Keyboard) | Hughes, S.M., Howard L. | World Library (8525) | 2 |
| Gethesemane Prayer (SATB, opt. Flute or Bells) |
Honoré, Jeffrey |
Augsburg (11-10327) | C |
| God So Loved the World | B. Chilcott | OUP | |
| God So Loved the World | Stainer | ||
| He is Coming (Unison, keyboard) | Delmonte, Pauline | Choristers Guild (CGA 142) | E |
| Hosanna (Unison) Hosanna Hosanna (SATB, keyboard) Hosanna (SATB, organ) |
Gregor, Christian Lance Pote, Allen Rudolph, Glenn |
Choristers Guild (CGA 301) Concordia * Choristers Guild (CGA 596) GIA (G-3980) |
P |
| Hosanna! Blessed is He Who Comes (choral introit w/bells) | Hopson | MSM | P |
| Hosanna Filio David (SATB) | Victoria, Tomas Luis de | GIA (G-4574) | P |
| Hosanna Filio David | N. Farrell | Green Bushes Publishing | P |
| Hosanna in the Highest “Sanna, Sannanina” combined Unison & SATB Choirs with piano and opt. perc. Hosanna in the Highest (SATB, opt children's choir, perc., keyboard) |
Hopson, Hal H. Music, David W. |
Choristers Guild (CGA 936) Concordia (98-2797) |
P |
| Hosanna to the Son (Unison, keyboard, opt 3-4 oct. handbells) Hosanna to the Son of David in “Oxford Tudor Anthems, p. 99 (SATB) |
Lindh, Jody Gibbons, Orlando |
Choristers Guild (CGA 606) Oxford H. W. Gray (GCMR 2367) |
P |
| Hosanna to the Son of David (SATB) Hosanna to the Son of David (SSATB) |
Ossewarde, J. H. Praetorius, Michael |
Boosey & Hawkes (5528) | P |
| Hosanna to the Son of David (SATB) Hosanna to the Son of David (SATB) Hosanna to the Son of David (SATB) |
Victoria, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Tomas Luis de Willan, Healy |
Concordia (98-1993) CPDL Concordia (98-1016) |
P |
| Hosanna to the Son of David | A. Hutchings | Novello | P |
| Hosanna to the Son of David | C. Schalk | Concordia (Scenes from the New Testament) | |
| Hosanna to the Son of David (SSA, SATB) | Sr. M. Cherubim | School Sisters of St. Francis, Milwaukee | |
| Improperium(Unison or 2-part) | Robinson | Presser | |
| In Manus Tua (SATB, Latin only) | Novello, Vincent | H. W. Gray (CMR 3147) | G |
| In Manus Tua (SATB, Latin only) In Manus Tua (SATBB, keyboard/organ) |
Shephed, John Tallis, Thomas/Ehret, Walter |
J & W Chester (JWC 55103) Walton (6028) |
G |
| In Monte Oliveti In Monte Oliveti |
Bruckner Croce |
CPDL CPDL |
|
| In Nomine Jesu, (SATB) In Nomine Jesu (TTBB) In Nomine Jesu (SATB, Latin/English) |
Gallus, Jacobus Gallus, Jacobus/Collins, W. Handl/Jacob/Herter, J. |
Concordia (98-1051) Lawson-Gould (51203) GIA (G-1860) |
2 |
| I See His Blood | Bedford | GIA | G |
| Lenten Love Song, A (Unison, Piano) | Kemp, Helen | Choristers Guild (CGA 486) | C |
| Let This Mind Be in You (SATB, organ) | Butler, Eugene | Carl Fischer (CM 8258) | 2 |
| Lift Up the Gates (SAT(B), keyboard) | Patterson, Mark | Choristers Guild (CGA 984) | E |
| Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates | Amner, J. | CPDL | 2, G |
| Lift Up Your Heads (SSATB, organ) | Amner, John/Greening, Anthony | Oxford (A-291) | E |
| Lift Up Your Heads (SATB/SATB, 3 tpts, organ) | Berger, Jean | Carl Fischer (CM-7866) | E |
| Lift Up Your Heads (SATB, organ) | Summy Birchard (SUMCO 5484) | E | |
| Lift Up Your Heads (SATB, Strings, organ) | Blow, John/Shaw, Watkins | Novello (NECM 17) | E |
| Lift Up Your Heads (Unison, keyboard, opt. handbells) | Marshall, Jean | Hinshaw (HMC 972) | E |
| Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates (SSAATB, opt organ) | Gibbons, Orlando | Oxford (TCM 41) | E |
| Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates (SATB, organ) | Mathias, William | Oxford (42.380) | E |
| Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates (SSA, keyboard) | Willan, Healy | Concordia (97-7160) | E |
| Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates | W. Mathias | OUP | |
| Lift Up Your Heads, O You Gates (2-part mixed, continuo) | Scheidt, Samuel | Concordia (98-3763) | E |
| Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Gates (SSATBB, Continuo) | Hammerschmidt, A./Rotermund, Donald | Concordia (98-2279) | E |
| Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates (SATB, organ) | Willan, Healy | Concordia (98-2003) | E |
| Lord Jesus Christ Humbled Himself (SATB) | Messaus, Guilleimus/Proulx, Richard | GIa (G-3791) | 2 |
| Lord, Whose Passion Didst Reveal | Franck/Sateren | AMSI * | |
| My God, My God, Look Upon Me (SATB, organ/keyboard) | Blow, John/Hickok, R. | Broude Brothers (BB 903) | PS |
| My God, My God, Look Upon Me (SSATB, Tenor Solo, organ) | Green, Maurice/Young, P. | Broude Brothers (MGC 29) | PS |
| My God, My God, Why Has Thou Forsaken Me? (SATB, organ) | Near, Gerald | H. W. Gray (CMR 3208) | PS |
| My God, My God (SATB, cantor, organ) | Peloquin, C. Alexander | GIA (G-1658) | PS |
| My God, My God, O Lord, My God (SATB) | Schütz, Heinrich | Concordia (97-6303U31) | PS |
| My God, My God, Why Dost Thou Now Forsake Me? (SATB) | Callahan, Charles | Concordia (98-2975) | PS |
| My God, My God, Why Has Thou Forsaken Me? (SATB, organ) | Wetzler, Robert | Abingdon (APM 347) | PS |
| My God, Why Do You Now Forsake Me? (SATB, Organ/Keyboard) | Callahan, Charles | Concordia (98-2975U31) | PS |
| My Song is Love Unknown | E. Childs | MS | |
| Nolo Mortem Peccatoris | Morley | CPDL | G |
| O Bone Jesu | Ingereri | CPDL | G |
| O Bone Jesu (Three Communion Anthems) | Near | Aureole Ed. | |
| O Crux Ave | Palestrina | CPDL | G |
| O Crux | Nystedt | Hinshaw | |
| O Domine Jesu Christe: adoro te in cruce vulneratum in “Chester Motets (SATB) | di Vittoria, Orlando/Petti, E. | T. W. Chester | G |
| O Savior of the World | Goss | CPDL | G |
| O Vos Omnes (SATB) | Jommelli, Niccolo | Belwin Mills (OCT 2474) | G |
| O Vos Omnes (SATB) | Casals, Pablo | Broude (AB 128) | G |
| O Vos Omnes (SATB) | Croce | CPDL | G |
| O Vos Onmes (SATB) | Victoria, Thomas Luis de | E. C. Schirmer (1173) | G |
| O Vos Onmes in “Seven More Motets for Occasional Use” (SATB) O Vos Onmes in “Seven More Motets for Occasional Use” (SATB) |
Victoria, Thomas Luis de/Klein,M. Victoria, Thomas Luis de |
GIA (G-1495) CPDL |
G |
| Palm Sunday Processional (4 voices in canon, 2 flutes, 3 trumpets, timpani, 10 handbells, keyboard) | Smith, G. Alan | GIA (G-2461) | P |
| Ride On, King Jesus (SATB) | Fleming, L. L. (arr.) | Augsburg (11-0541) | P |
| Ride On! Ride On in Majesty (SATB, organ) Ride On! Ride On in Majesty (SATB, organ) |
Benson, Robert A. Darst, W. Glen |
Augsburg (11-74634) H. W. Gray (CMR 2120) |
P |
| Saw Ye My Savior | Johnson | Augsburg | |
| Saw Ye My Savior | Nestor, Leo | E. C. Schirmer | |
Saw Ye My Savior |
White | E.C. Schirmer | G |
| See Now the Lamb of God | Homilius | Concordia | |
| Sing Hosanna, (SAB, organ) | Leavitt, John | Concordia (98-3657) | P |
| Solus Ad Victimam | K. Leighton | OUP | |
| Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs | Garun | Concordia | |
| Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs | Garun | CPDL | G |
| Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs | Copley | Augsburg/Fortress | |
| Tenebrae Factae Sunt (SATB, Latin only) | Croce, Giovanni | Arista (AE 181) | G |
| Tenebrae Factae Sunt (SATB, Latin/English) | Haydn, Michael/Ramsey, William | Boonin (B 148) | G |
| Tenebrae Factae Sunt (SSA) | Haydn, Michael/Pauley, R. G. | G. Schirmer | G |
| Tenebrae Factae Sunt (SATB) | Ingegneri, Marc Antonio | National Music Pub. (NMP 140) | G |
| Tenebrae Factae Sunt in “Motetten Alter Meister” (SATB) | Palestrina, G. P. | Merseberger | G |
| Tenebrae Factae Sunt (SAATTB) | Poulenc, Francis | Salabert (Sal. 18) | G |
| Tenebrae Factae Sunt (SATB or TTBB) | Victoria, Thomsa Louis de/Turner, B. | J & W. Chester (8813C) | G |
| They Crucified My Lord (SATB) | Carter, John | Hope (JC 316) | G |
| Vere Languores | Lotti | CPDL | G |
| Verse for Good Friday | Vieregge | Concordia | |
| Vexllia Regis | Bruckner | CPDL | G |
| Vinea mea electa | Poulenc | Salabert | |
| Way to Jerusalem, The | Friedell | H. W. Gray | |
| We Adore You, O Christ (SATB) | Proulx, Richard | Paraclete Press (PPM09836) | 2 |
| What Wondrous Love (SATB, flute, opt. keyboard/organ) | Melby, James (arr.) | Concordia (98-2635) | G |
| When I Survey the Wondrous Cross | Stiver | Shelah | |
| When I Survey the Wondrous Cross | Archer | Mayhew | |
| When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (SATB, organ) When Jesus Wept (SATB, organ) |
Martin, Gilbert Martin, Gilbert |
Presser (312-40785) Sacred Music Press (S-498) |
G |
| Wondrous Love | Christiansen | Augsburg |
* out of print