PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION C Lectionary #37C, 38C
The entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and his death five days later have cosmic consequences. People beyond the limits of the covenant recognize him, and even the stones cry out.
Palm Procession Gospel: Luke 19:28-40. Judging by the response that the two disciples were ordered to give, Luke suspects that the colt belonged to someone who knew Jesus. The crowd's acclamation is made more general, for Luke's non-Jewish audience, and Jesus is hailed as the “ruler who comes in the name of the Lord.” Jesus' comment to the Pharisees indicates the cosmic nature of what is happening.
Opening Antiphon and Procession
A Ti, Jesús, Honor y Gloria Cantos 37
All Glory, Laud and Honor WOR 428/LMGM 30/CBW 62/GP 356/BB/WC 546/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
Gloria, Albanza y Honor FYC 366
He Is King of Kings LMGM 86/WOR 498
Hisanna al Hijo de David FYC 365
Honor, Loor y Gloria/All Glory, Laud and Honor FYC 367
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 50/SS
Hosanna in Excelsis WOR 430
Hosanna, Son of God WC 537/PMB 243
Los Hijos de Israel FYC 362
Los Niños Hebreos FYC 363
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/BB
Ride On! Ride On in Majesty PMB 245/WC 523
The Children of Jerusalem BB/PMB 596, 597/PRM B27, B28
The Children of the Hebrews BFW 104/SS
The King of Glory (refrain only) WOR 501/GP 423/MI‑BB/WC 719/JS 487/GC 486/GC2 494/RS 628/WS
At the Mass
It is strongly recommended that all four Scripture texts (including the psalm) be used at Mass. However, given the importance of the Passion narrative, the priest is authorized to choose only one of the other two readings prescribed, plus Psalm 22. If necessary, only the Passion may be read.
Isaiah 50:4-7. The third “song of the servant” describes the servant's mission as speaking a rousing word—a mission to be carried out despite rejection and suffering. The servant remains faithful to the mission because of God's help.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (21) 22. An individual lament, whose opening line is put on Jesus' lips in Matthew's and Mark's accounts of the Passion. Despite current sufferings, the psalmist relies on the memory of God's past mercies to hope for relief. This hope leads to an invitation to all who hear the psalmist to join in the praise of God.
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 51/SS
My God, My God/Dios Mío, Dios Mío (Alonso) PSL 19/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/SP1 14
My God, My God (Peloquin) SI 44
My God, My God (Proulx) WC 384/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
My God, My God (Young) GIA G‑3078
Palm Sunday Psalm (Hughes) CCS 2329
Philippians 2:6-11. The “kenosis” or “emptying” hymn. This hymn text, modified somewhat by Paul, may have been sung in early Christian liturgies. Christ's obedience to the Father's will, even to the point of death, “even death on a cross” Paul adds, is the reason for his exaltation.
Luke 22:14–23:56. Luke's narrative is a summary of his teaching throughout the Gospel. The lowly will be exalted; fidelity to God's will is what matters; don't trust the powerful and authorities in this world; the death of Jesus has consequences beyond the people of the covenant—in fact, it has cosmic consequences. Note the rubric that the readers pause after they recount the death of Jesus, and all kneel for a short time.
Note: The Passion is normally proclaimed by three voices. GIA has a musical setting of this text. In whatever form you proclaim the Passion today, please do not give the “crowd” lines to the congregation; this is inappropriate.
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/MI-BB
Behold the Lamb of God (1) JS 809/GP 360/MI-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 751/WS
*Do This in Remembrance of Me (G) WC 645
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 52/SS
In the Cross of Christ (2) GC2 436/RS 221/SS
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross (G) LMGM 45
*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 529/RS 557/WS
Keep in Mind (G) PMB 36/WC 802/MI‑BB/GC 674/GC2 658/RS 940/GP 492/JS 589/WS
Lift High the Cross (G) WOR 704/CBW 435/GP 444/MI‑BB/PMB 393/WC 748/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 752/SS
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 547/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
*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 648/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 750/RS 808/GP 586/WS/SS
*Though in the Form of God (2) CBW 687
Tree of Life 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 536
We Acclaim the Cross of Jesus (G) PMB 252/WC 754/WS
We Have No Glory JS 671
We Remember GC 593/GC2 578/MI‑BB/WC 653/RS 724/WS/SS
We Should Glory in the Cross (G) JS 521
We Who Once Were Dead CBW 402
Were You There (G) LMGM 43/WOR 436/GC 416/GC2 438/JS 412/PMB 250/WC 544/BB/GP 368/RS 570/WS/SS
What Wondrous Love Is This (2,G) WOR 600/GP 642/MI‑BB/PMB 253/WC 713/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 753/JS 417
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 | Gasparini | Belwin | |
| Adoramus Te Christe | Clemens Non Papa | GIA | |
| Adoramus Te Christe | Dubois | GIA | |
| Adoramus Te Christe (Three Communion Anthems) | Near | Aureole Ed. | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Bruckner, Anton Bruckner, Anton/Barlow, Stephen Bruckner, Anton/Klein, Maynard Bruckner, Anton Bruckner, Anton |
Arista (AE-157) Walton (2161) G. Schirmer Summy Birchard (5249) Peters |
2 |
| Christus Factus Est | Morago | Aureole Editions / MS | |
| Christus Factus Est | Anerio | Tetra Music Corp. | |
| Christus Factus Est | Daley | Alliance Music Publications | |
| Christus Factus Est (SAB) Christus Factus Est in “Geistliche Gesang Für Männerchor (TTBB) |
Durante, Francesco Palestrina, G. P. |
Arista (AE 275) Oratoriumsverlag |
2 |
| Christus Factus Est (SATB) Crucifixus from “Mass in B Minor” (SATB) Crucifixus |
Zingarelli, Miccolo/Kaplan, A. Bach, J. S. Bach, J. S./Churchill |
Lawson-Gould (51428) E. C. Schirmer (1174) Bourne Co. (750) |
2 |
| 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) |
Gregor, Christian Lance Pote, Allen |
Choristers Guild (CGA 301) Concordia * Choristers Guild (CGA 596) |
P |
| Hosanna (SATB, organ) Hosanna Filio David (SATB) |
Rudolph, Glenn Victoria, Tomas Luis de |
GIA (G-3980) 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) |
Victoria, Tomas Luis de Willan, Healy |
Concordia (98-1993) 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 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 |
| 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 (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 | |
| O Bone Jesu (Three Communion Anthems) | Near | Aureole Ed. | |
| O Domine Jesu Christe: adoro te in cruce vulneratum in “Chester Motets (SATB) | di Vittoria, Orlando/Petti, E. | T. W. Chester | G |
| O Vos Omnes (SATB) | Jommelli, Niccolo | Belwin Mills (OCT 2474) | G |
| O Vos Omnes (SATB) | Casals, Pablo | Broude (AB 128) | 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) | Victoria, Thomas Luis de/Klein,M. | GIA (G-1495) | 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 | |
| See Now the Lamb of God | Homilius | Concordia | |
| Sing Hosanna, (SAB, organ) | Leavitt, John | Concordia (98-3657) | P |
| Solus Ad Victimam | K. Leighton | OUP | |
| Sureley He Hath Borne Our Griefs | Graun | Concordia | |
| Sureley 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 Langoures Nostros (SATB) | Victoria, Thomas Luis de | Roger Dean (HRD 360) | G |
| Verse for Good Friday | Vieregge | Concordia | |
| 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