Fr. Holiday recommends reading and prayerfully meditating upon the Scriptures assigned for the day.
Sunday’s Readings: PASSION SUNDAY, March 17, 2024
Hymns
Opening
NONE: Litany of the Passion
Communion
#60: With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh,
#71(1): Ah! Holy Jesus,
#341: Beneath The Cross of Jesus
#60: With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh,
#71(1): Ah! Holy Jesus,
#341: Beneath The Cross of Jesus
Recessional
#343(1): "Praise to The Holiest In The Height"
#343(1): "Praise to The Holiest In The Height"
Introit
Iudica me, Deus
Ps 43:1,2,3
Give sentence with me, O God, and defend the cause of my soul against the ungodly people: deliver me, and rid me from the deceitful and wicked man; for thou, O Lord, art my God, and my strong salvation.
(Ps) O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me: and bring unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling.
Give sentence...
(Ps) O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me: and bring unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling.
Give sentence...
Collect
WE beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people: that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
First Reading
Jer 31:31-34
Gradual
Eripe me, Domine
Ps 143:9,10; 18:49
Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee.
V. It is the Lord that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above mine adversaries: thou shalt deliver me from the wicked man
V. It is the Lord that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above mine adversaries: thou shalt deliver me from the wicked man
Second Reading
Heb 5:7-9
Tract
Saepe expugnaverunt me
Ps 129:1-4
Gospel
Jn 12:20-33
Offertory
Confitebor tibi, Domine
Cf. Ps 119:7,10,17,25
I will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart; O do well unto thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word: quicken thou me, according to thy word, O Lord.