Daily Bible Readings
Palm Sunday
Chief Hymn: The Lutheran Hymnal #146Liturgical Color: Violet
Introit
O LORD, - || do not | be | far | from - | Me; *
O My Strength, hast- | en - | to - | help | Me!
|| Save Me from | the | li- | on’s - | mouth *
And from the horns of | the - | wild - | ox- | en! (Psalm 22:19, 21a)
|| My God, My God, why have You | for- | sak- | en - | Me? *
Why are You so far | from - | help- - | ing | Me?
|| All those who see Me | ri- | di- | cule - | Me; *
They shoot out the lip, | they - | shake - | the | head.
|| They say “He trusted in the Lord, let | Him | res- | cue - | Him; *
Let Him deliver Him, since He | de- - | lights - | in | Him!”
|| Be not far from Me, for | trou- | ble | is - | near; *
For there | is - | none - | to | help. (Psalm 22:1b, 7–8, 11)
(From Judica through Holy Saturday the Gloria Patri is omitted).
|| O Lord, do not | be | far | from - | Me; *
O My Strength, hast- | en - | to - | help | Me!
|| Save Me from | the | li- | on’s - | mouth *
And from the horns of | the - | wild - | ox- | en! (Psalm 22:19, 21a)
Psalm Readings
Collect
Almighty and Everlasting God, Who hast sent Thy Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take upon Him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross that all mankind should follow the example of His great humility, mercifully grant that we may both follow the example of His patience and also be made partakers of His Resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Old Testament Reading (TLH): Zech. 9:9-10
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First Reading: Phil. 2:5-11
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Gradual
|| You hold me | by | my | right - | hand. *
You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive | me - | to - | glo- | ry.
|| Truly God is good to Israel, to such as | are | pure | in - | heart. *
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious | of - | the - | boast- | ful. (Psalm 73:23b–24, 1-3a)
Tract (From Septuagesima to Holy Saturday, the Tract replaces the Verse)
|| My God, My God, why have You | for- | sak- | en - | Me? *
Why are You so far from helping Me, and from the words | of - | My - | groan- | ing?
|| But I am a | worm, | and | no - | man; *
A reproach of men, and despised | by - | the - | peo- | ple.
|| O Lord, do not | be | far | from - | Me; *
O My Strength, hast- | en - | to - | help | Me!
|| I will declare Your name | to | My | breth- - | ren; *
In the midst of the assembly | I - | will - | praise | You.
|| They will come and declare His righteousness to a people | who | will | be - | born, *
That | He - | has - | done | this. (Psalm 22:1, 6, 19, 22, and 31)
Second Reading: Matt. 21:1-9
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Devotion from the Lutheran Herald
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.