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PALM SUNDAY - BLESSING OF PALMS

For the Lord is high, terrible : a great king over all the earth.

The Antiphon is repeated.

He hath subdued the people under us; and the nations under our feet.
He hath chosen for us his inheritance, the glory of Jacob which He hath loved.

The Antiphon is repeated.

God hath ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet.
Sing praises to our God, sing ye : sing praises to our King, sing ye.

The Antiphon is repeated.

For God is the King of all the earth : sing ye hymns of praise.
God shall reign over the nations : God sitteth on His
holy throne.

The Antiphon is repeated.

The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham :
For the great ones of the earth belong to God : He is greatly exalted.

The Antiphon is repeated.

Glory be...
The Antiphon is repeated.

The Gospel
The continuation of the Gospel according to Matthew, 21, 1-9.

AT THAT TIME, when Jesus drew nigh to Jerusalem, and was come to Bethphage, unto Mount
Olivet, then He sent two disciples, saying to them,