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PALM SUNDAY - PROCESSION

Go ye into the village that is over against you, and immediately you shall find an ass tied, and a
colt with her, loose them and bring them to Me : and if any man shall say anything to you, say ye
that the Lord hath need of them : and forthwith he will let them go. Now all this was done that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold,
thy king cometh to thee meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of her that is used to
the yoke. And the disciples, going, did as Jesus commanded them. And they brought the ass and the
colt : and laid their garments upon them, and made Him sit thereon. And a very great multitude
spread their garments in the way : and others cut boughs from the trees, and strewed them in the
way; and the multitudes that went before and that followed cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of
David! Blessed is He That cometh in the Name of the Lord!

Procession with Palms.

The celebrant places incense in the thurible, and the deacon, turning towards the congregation,
says :
V. Let us go forward in peace.

The choir respond :

R. In the Name of the Lord.

The procession now takes place. The people carry blessed palms in their hands. The following
antiphons may be sung as time permits.

Antiphon I.
THE multitude goeth out to meet the Redeemer with flowers and palms, and payeth the homage due to a
triumphant conqueror :nations proclaim the Son of God; and their voices rend the skies in the
praise of Christ :
Hosanna in the highest!