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Blessings
Pastor Maurice Frontz
Blessed is he who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna to the Son of
David.
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.
Mercifully assist us, O
Lord God of our salvation, that we may enter with joy upon the contemplation of
those mighty acts whereby you have given us life everlasting; through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Reading: Matthew21:1-11
The Holy Gospel
according to St. Matthew…
The Gospel of the Lord.
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us give thanks to
the Lord our God.
It is right to give
him thanks and praise.
We praise and thank you,
O God, for the great acts of love by which you have redeemed us through your
Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. On this day he entered the holy city of Jerusalem
in triumph, and was acclaimed Son of David and King of kings by those who scattered
their garments and branches of palm in his path.
We ask that you bless us
who praise his coming to us this day, and grant that we may ever hail him as
our Lord and King and follow him with perfect confidence; through the same
Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, now and forever.
Amen
HYMN All
Glory, Laud and Honor Lutheran Book of Worship 108
Refrain
All glory, laud, and honor
to you, redeemer, king,
to whom the lips of children
made sweet hosannas ring.
1 You are the king of Israel
and David’s royal Son,
now in the Lord’s name coming,
our King and Blessed One. Refrain
2 The company of angels
is praising you on high;
creation and all mortals
in chorus make reply. Refrain
3 The multitude of pilgrims
with palms before you went.
Our praise and prayer and
anthems
before you we present. Refrain
4 To you, before your passion,
they sang their hymns of praise.
To you, now high exalted,
our melody we raise. Refrain
5 Their praises you accepted;
accept the prayers we bring,
great author of all goodness,
O good and gracious King. Refrain
Text:
Theodulph of Orleans, c. 760-821; tr. John M. Neale, 1818-1866, alt.
Blessed is he who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the
highest.
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray…
Almighty God, you sent
your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take our flesh upon him and to suffer
death on the cross. Grant that we may share in his obedience to your will and
in the glorious victory of his resurrection; through your Son, Jesus Christ our
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever.
Amen
READINGS
RESPONSE
I believe that Jesus
Christ, true God, son of the Father from eternity,
and also true human
being, born of the virgin Mary, is my Lord.
He has redeemed me, a
lost and condemned person.
He has purchased and
freed me from all sins,
from evil, and the
power of the devil,
not with silver or
gold but by his holy and precious blood
and his innocent
suffering and death.
He has done all this
in order that I may be his, live under him in his kingdom,
and serve him in eternal
innocence, righteousness, and blessedness,
just as he is risen
from the dead and lives and rules in eternity.
This is most
certainly true.
Small
Catechism of Martin Luther
SERMON
HYMN O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Lutheran Book
of Worship 117
1 O sacred head, now wounded,
with grief and shame weighed
down,
now scornfully surrounded
with thorns, thine only crown;
O sacred head, what glory,
what bliss till now was thine!
Yet, though despised and gory,
I joy to call thee mine.
2 How art thou pale with anguish,
with sore abuse and scorn;
how does that visage languish
which once was bright as morn!
Thy grief and bitter passion
were all for sinners’ gain;
mine, mine was the
transgression,
but thine the deadly pain.
3 What language shall I borrow
to thank thee, dearest friend,
for this thy dying sorrow,
thy pity without end?
Oh, make me thine forever,
and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never
outlive my love to thee.
4 Lord, be my consolation;
shield me when I must die;
remind me of thy passion
when my last hour draws nigh.
These eyes, new faith receiving,
from thee shall never move;
for he who dies believing
dies safely in thy love.
Text:
Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676, based on Arnulf of Louvain, c. 1250; tr. composite
PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH
The people respond, hear
our prayer, after each petition, and respond Amen after the final
petition.
LORD’S PRAYER
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BENEDICTION
HYMN A Mighty Fortress Is
Our God Lutheran
Book of Worship 229
1 A
mighty fortress is our God,
a
sword and shield victorious;
he
breaks the cruel oppressor's rod
and
wins salvation glorious.
has
sworn to work us woe!
With
craft and dreadful might
he
arms himself to fight.
On
earth he has no equal.
2 No strength of ours
can match his might!
We would be lost,
rejected.
But now a champion
comes to fight,
whom God himself
elected.
You ask who this may
be?
The Lord of hosts is
he!
Christ Jesus, mighty
Lord,
God's only Son,
adored.
He holds the field
victorious.
3 Though
hordes of devils fill the land
all
threat'ning to devour us,
we
tremble not, unmoved we stand;
they
cannot overpow'r us.
Let
this world's tyrant rage;
in
battle we'll engage!
His
might is doomed to fail;
God's
judgment must prevail!
One
little word subdues him.
4 God's
Word forever shall abide,
no
thanks to foes, who fear it;
for
God himself fights by our side
with
weapons of the Spirit.
Were
they to take our house,
goods,
honor, child, or spouse,
though
life be wrenched away,
they
cannot win the day.
The kingdom's ours forever!
