Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday March 25, 2018

Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018

The Collect: 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. Amen.

Old Testament: Isaiah 50:4-9a read from the Modern English Version Bible

Psalm 31:9-16 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11 read from the New American Standard Bible

Gospel: Mark 15: 1 – 47 read from the New Century Version Bible

The Closing Prayer: On March 26th we remember Richard Allen, first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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