St. Raymond Palm Sunday · Passion Acclamation: “Lenten Gospel Acclamation Chant ... and compassion to all who are overwhelmed by pain, sin or burden. For all world leaders: that

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St. Raymond

Palm Sunday Live Stream

April 5, 2020

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OPENING COMMENTARY:

Gathering Rite:

Presider:

Today we join with Christians throughout the world

to begin our celebration of Holy Week.

Though we are separated from one another by the health crisis

we face, we are united as the body of Christ consecrated by the

Holy Spirit.

We are united in solidarity with the whole human race as we

pray for the wisdom and power of God to guide us in our time

of need.

Let us now unite ourselves with all those who wait in hopeful

longing for peace in our world.

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When Jesus and the disciples drew near Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the

Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them,

“Go into the village opposite you,

and immediately you will find an ass tethered, and a colt with her. Untie them

and bring them here to me.

And if anyone should say anything to you, reply, ‘The master has need of them.’

Then he will send them at once.”

This happened so that what had been spoken through the prophet might be

fulfilled:

Say to daughter Zion, “Behold, your king comes to you, meek and riding on an

ass, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.”

The disciples went and did as Jesus had ordered them.

They brought the ass and the colt

and laid their cloaks over them, and he sat upon them.

The very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches

from the trees

and strewed them on the road.

The crowds preceding him and those following

kept crying out and saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is the he who

comes in the name of the Lord;

Hosanna in the highest.”

And when he entered Jerusalem

the whole city was shaken and asked, “Who is this?” And the

crowds replied,

“This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

OPENING SONG- Sing Hosanna To Our King- (John Angotti) Sing Hosanna to our king

Sing Hosanna to our king

Sing Hosanna to our king

All the earth! ©1999, WLP

The Gospel of the Lord.

~Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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(Presider continues with opening prayer)

Opening Prayer:

Almighty, ever-living God,

you have given the human race

Jesus Christ our Savior

as a model of humility.

He fulfilled your will by becoming man

and giving his life on the cross.

Help us to bear witness to you

by following his example of suffering

and make us worthy

to share in his resurrection.

We ask this through our Lord

Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God for ever and ever.

~Amen

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A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah | Isaiah 50:4-7

The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.

Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; and I have no rebelled, have not turned back.

I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.

The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM- Ps 22: My God My God (Lawton) binder

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading: Isaiah 50: 4-7

Responsorial Psalm 22: “My God, My God”

Second Reading: Philippians 2: 6-11

Passion Acclamation: “Lenten Gospel Acclamation Chant”

Passion: Matthew 26: 14-27

The Word of the Lord.

~ Thanks be to God.

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A reading from the letters of St Paul to the Philippians | Philippians 2:6-11

Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with

God something to be grasped.

Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human

likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming

obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name

which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should

bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, every tongue

confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION- Lenten Gospel Acclamation Chant (Palm Sunday verse)

See Passion Link for this reading.

The Word of the Lord.

~ Thanks be to God.

The Gospel of the Lord.

~Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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CREED – (Omit Today)

For the Church: that we might be instruments of Christ’s hope

and compassion to all who are overwhelmed by pain, sin or

burden.

For all world leaders: that they may follow the example of

Christ to make justice for the poor and an end to war and

violence, the guiding principle of their work and leadership.

For all who work in healthcare: that God will give wisdom to

those working to contain disease, insight to those searching

for a cure, and strength to those caring for the sick.

For all those who wait for that day when we will once again be

gathered around the Lord’s Table: may we be strengthened in

faith, grow confident in hope, and be filled with abounding

love for God and our neighbor.

HOMILY – Fr Scott

At the beginning of this most solemn of weeks, let us bring our

prayers before our God that we might fittingly celebrate these

high Holy Days.

Let us pray to the Lord

~Lord hear our Prayer







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For all those who are suffering in body or spirit, especially

those affected by the coronavirus, along with the members of

our faith community enrolled in the parish’s register of the

sick, that they may know God’s love for them, and that the

power of God will strengthen them.

For members of our community who have died...

...and for their loved ones. For all the deceased, that they may

find peace and fullness of life in the presence of the Lord.

For those who have asked for special remembrance for this

weekend and this upcoming week…

Daniel Cobry

Esther Cobry

Alexandra DeRosa

Bertha Matz

Joan Maycan

Tim Murphy

Eva Mynarska

Samuele Nicolosi

Francesca Rotondi

Sebastiano Rotondi

Erika Ramos-Stientjes

Allan Stasica

Louis Szymanski





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For the needs and concerns we hold in our hearts. (significant pause)

God our Redeemer,

you sent your Son to show us

the way to salvation.

Hear our prayers

as we begin this Holy Week.

Transform our ways of the cross

into pathways of new life and joy.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

~Amen





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Liturgy of the Eucharist -Preparation of the Gifts

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“Take up your Cross,” (David Haas)

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Prayer over the Gifts

Holy, Holy: Mass in D Minor

Eucharistic Prayer

Memorial Acclamation: Mass in D Minor

Doxology/Amen: Mass in D Minor

Lord’s Prayer (recited-next page)

May my sacrifice and yours be acceptable to God the almighty Father.

~May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands

For the praise and glory of his name,

For our good, and the good of all his holy Church.

**Prayer of the gifts

~Amen

The Lord be with you.

~And with your spirit.

Lift up your hearts.

~We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

~It is right and just.

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Sign of Peace

Lamb of God: Mass in D Minor

Deliver us Lord, we pray... Savor, Jesus Christ

~For the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory are Yours now and forever.

Lord, Jesus Christ...forever and ever.

~Amen.

Behold the Lamb of God...supper of the Lamb.

~Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the

word and my soul shall be healed.

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COMMUNION- Were You There G 511 (traditional)


“Were You There”

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SENDING FORTH, BLESSING & DISMISSAL

Let us Pray,

Nourished with these sacred gifts,

we humbly ask you, O Lord,

that, just as through the death of your Son,

you have brought us to hope for what we believe,

so by his Resurrection,

you may lead us to the promise of salvation.

Through Christ our Lord.

~ Amen.

Let us remain together in peace. Have a blessed holy week.

~ Thanks be to God.

The Lord be with you

~With your Spirit.

May almighty God bless you, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,

come upon us and remain with us forever.

~Amen

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CLOSING-


Jesus Remember Me- G 510 (Jacques Berthier)

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