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PALM SUNDAY - BLESSING
OF PALMS
Antiphon
1. The children of the Hebrews bearing olive branches, went forth to meet the
Lord, crying
out, and saying : Hosanna in the highest!
Psalm 23, 1-2; 7-10.
THE earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof : the world, and all they that
dwell therein.
For He hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.
The Antiphon is
repeated.
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up; O eternal gates : and the
King of glory
shall enter in.
Who is this King of glory? The Lord Who is strong and mighty : the Lord mighty in battle.
The Antiphon is
repeated.
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates : and the
King of glory
shall enter in.
Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory.
The Antiphon is repeated.
Glory be...
The Antiphon is
repeated.
Antiphon
2. The children of the Hebrews spread their
clothes upon the road, and cried out,
saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is He who cometh in the Name of the
Lord.
Psalm46.
O CLAP your hands, all
ye nations : shout unto God
with the voice of joy.