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PALM SUNDAY

Please gather outside the front of the church for the traditional procession

with palms

Entry Procession with Palms

Lauda Jerusalem DominumLauda Deum tuum Sion

Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna filio David

Praise the Lord, JerusalemPraise your God, Sion

Hail the son of (King) David

The procession with palms takes the place of the Penitential Rite.

After the Collect or “gathering” prayer it is the tradition to remain standing today for the reading of the Passion but do not hesitate to sit if that makes it easier for you

to listen.

THE WORD

The Passion of the Christ according to St Luke

Baptismal CreedDo you believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth?

Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, Our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died and was buried, rose from the dead and is now seated at the right hand of the Father?

Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting?

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

For the church…..For the world…..For this congregation…..For a special need…..

The absent, the sick, the dead will be remembered at the Memento during the Eucharistic Prayer

Lord in your mercy: hear our prayer

TODAY is final Lent plate collection for retired clergy. If you wish to support your place of worship you must do this thro a standing order or the envelope system. Visitors box in porch.

HOLY WEEKTuesday 7 30 Annual Seder Meal.Maundy Thu 11 am Chrism Mass in Cathedral 6 pm Mass of Last Supper

Good Friday 12 noon Witness Mansfield Park Gather here 11 30 am 3 pm Commemoration of

PassionEaster Sunday 6 am (!) Vigil

Let us stand and pray…..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.

PREFACE to the Eucharistic PrayerThe Lord be with youAnd with your spiritLift up your heartsWe lift them up to the LordLet us give thanks to the Lord our GodIt is right and just

SANCTUS (Cille Choirill)

Holy holy holy, Lord God of hostsHeaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highestBlessed is He who comes in the name of

the LordHosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highestHosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest

PROCLAMATION OF FAITH

(Cille Choirill)

Save us, save us, Saviour of the world

For by your cross and resurrection you have set us

free

GREAT AMEN(Cille Choirill)

Amen, amen, amen (x2)

THE LORD’S PRAYER

If your first language is not English you are encouraged to say this prayer in the language

in which you first learned it.

The peace of the Lord be with you always:

And with your spirit

Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis (x2)

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us

Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem

……grant us peace.

Please kneel

Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the 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.

Communion Chant (Taize)

Laudate omnes gentesLaudate Dominum Laudate

Omnes gentes laudate Dominum

(All people praise the Lord)

POST COMMUNION (Tune: Ode to

Joy)

Hail the king of humble serviceLove and truth his only powerCarried by a borrowed donkey

Riding to his finest hour.Christ the long expected SaviourCome in judgement and in grace.God immortal and eternal claims

Let the branches strewn before himbe the lives we offer here

all our hopes with his unitedin the love that casts out fearsing hosanna to the Saviourcoming in the Father’s name

God of mercy save your peopletruth and liberty proclaim.

Every valley rise to meet himmountains levelled to a plain

Patriarchs and prophets greet himheaven and earth take up the strain

all the world shall see his glorynow in mortal flesh revealed

when the poor are held of valueand the broken lives revealed

WHY IS EASTER VIGIL HERE @ 6am?(slightly later ‘cos clocks change that night)

1. There is not a “vigil Mass” in St Simon ’s & therefore no ready made vigil congregation2. For those looking for an evening Easter Vigil there is one in St Peter’s at 9 pm3. When the Easter Vigil was restored (in 1958) it was intended to start at midnight4. Some groups start “very early in the morning” as in the Gospel story (Mark 16.1)5. Our neighbours are usually on way home or going to the airport about that time !

HOLY WEEK EVENTSTue 7 30 pm Annual Seder Meal (invites at back)

Maundy Thu 11am Mass of Chrism (in Cathedral) Mass of the Last Supper St Simon 6

pm St Peter

7 pmGood Friday 11 30 am Walk of Witness from St Simon’s 3 pm St Simon’s Liturgy of the Passion 3 pm & 6 pm St PetersEaster Vigil Sun 6 am St Peter’s Sat 9 pm

Easter Sunday 10 in English, 12 Polish, 6 English

Hard copy in porch with times of servicesChurch open 8 am till 6 pm

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