The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023

<p>The Liturgy of the Palms</p><p><strong>OPENING HYMN: # 156 Ride On, Ride On in Majesty</strong></p><p><strong>OPENING ANTHEM</strong></p><p>Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord.</p><p><em>Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.</em></p><p>The Word of God</p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY</strong></p><p><em>Celebrant People Celebrant</em></p><p>The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray.</p><p>Almighty and ever-living God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.&nbsp;<em>Amen</em>.</p><p><strong>The Lessons</strong></p><p><strong>FIRST READING: Isaiah 50:4-9a</strong></p><p><em>The people sit.</em></p><p>A Reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.</p><p>4The Lord GOD&nbsp;has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens—wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. The Lord GOD&nbsp;has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward.&nbsp;6I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.</p><p>7The Lord GOD&nbsp;helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame;&nbsp;8he who vindicates me is near. Who will</p><p>contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me.&nbsp;aIt is the Lord GOD&nbsp;who helps me; who will declare me guilty?</p><p><em>Reader&nbsp;</em>The Word of the Lord.&nbsp;<em>People&nbsp;</em>Thanks be to God.</p><p><em>Silence may follow.</em></p><p><strong>PSALM: Psalm 31:9-16</strong></p><p><em>The choir will ch