Ingrediente Dómino in sanctam civitátem, Hebraeórum púeri, resurrectiónem vitae pronuntiantes, * cum ramis palmárum Hosanna clamábant in excelsis. V. Cum audisset pópulus, quod Jesus veníret Jerosólymam, exiérunt obviam ei. Cum ramis palmárum Hosanna clamábant in excelsis. (The responsory sung as the Palm Sunday procession enters the church.)
The Triumphal Entry of Christ in Jerusalem, depicted in the Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry by the Limbourg brothers, ca. 1411-16. (Public domainimage from Wikimedia Commons.)
As the Lord entered the holy city, the children of the Hebrews, declaring the resurrection of life, * with palm branches, cried out, Hosanna in the highest. V. When the people heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they went forth to meet Him; * with palm branches, they cried out: Hosanna in the highest.
Thou didst incline the heavens, and come down to the earth as one merciful. Thou didst not leave the throne of the Cherubim, Thou sat upon a colt for our sake, o Savior of the world! And the children of the Hebrews came to meet Thee, and taking palms in their hands, they blessed Thee: “Blessed art Thou who hast come to the Passion of Thy own will to deliver us; Glory to Thee!” (Processional antiphon for Palm Sunday from the Ambrosian Rite.)
The Entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, by Giotto, from the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. 1304-06
Inclinasti caelos et descendisti ad terram, ut misericors. Thronum Cherubim non dereliquisti; pullum propter nos sedisti, Salvator mundi. Et pueri Hebraeorum occurrerunt tibi, et sumentes palmas in manibus, benedixerunt te: Benedictus qui venisti ad passionem voluntarie ad liberandum nos, gloria tibi!
This post concludes the Palm Sunday part of the this year’s series of Holy Week photoposts, and as always, we want to thank all the contributors for sharing these beautiful pictures with us. We will start in with the Triduum soon, and there is always room for more (we just got a large batch of Tenebrae photos yesterday), so please feel to send in yours to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org, and don’t forget to include the name and location of the church. We wish you all most blessed and peaceful Eastertide!
Church of St Aloysius Gonzaga – Oxford, England (Oratorian Fathers)
Photo taken by Fr Lawrence Lew on Holy Monday
Notre Dame de Lourdes – Libreville, Gabon (ICRSS)
Yes, of course, tradition will always be for the young!
Hoping to do some justice to the large number of beautiful photos we have received, I have decided to split those that remain from Palm Sunday into two posts, before we move on to the Triduum and Easter Sunday. But of course, we can always make is always room for more, so please feel free to send in images of your Holy Week and Easter liturgies to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org. Don’t forget to include the name and location of the church, and another information which you think important, and keep up the good work of evangelizing through beauty!
Cathedral of St Demetrius the Great-Martyr – Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily
Palm Sunday procession of the Italo-Albanian community of the Byzantine Rite.
Continuing with our photopost series of the ceremonies of Holy Week, here is the second part of Palm Sunday. There will definitely be a third before we move on to the rest of Holy Week, and there is always room for more, so please feel free to send yours in to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org. Don’t forget to include the name and location of the church, and any other information you think important, and keep up the good work of evangelizing through beauty!
I am glad to say that we have received a pretty good number of contributions to our Palm Sunday photopost series, and it will certainly run to at least three separate posts. There is always room for more, and of course the Triduum starts today, so please send photos of any and all of your Holy Week liturgies, in any of the various rites and forms, to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org, and remember to include the name and location of the church. We wish all of our reader a most blessed celebration of the mysteries of Our Lord’s Holy Supper and Passion, looking forward to the glorious Resurrection.
When the people had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took palm branches, and went forth to meet Him; and the children cried out, saying: This is He that is come for the salvation of the people. He is our salvation, and the redemption of Israel. How great is He whom the Thrones and Dominions go forth to meet! Fear not, O daughter of Sion; behold thy King cometh to thee sitting upon the colt of an ass, as it is written. Hail, O King, Creator of the world, who art come to redeem us! (The second processional antiphon of Palm Sunday.)
The Triumphal Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, ca. 1530, by the Flemish artist Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-50), or workshop. (Public domainimage from Wikimedia Commons.)
Aña Cum audisset pópulus, quia Jesus venit Jerosólymam, accepérunt ramos palmárum: et exiérunt ei obviam, et clamábant púeri, dicentes: Hic est, qui ventúrus est in salútem pópuli. Hic est salus nostra et redemptio Israël. Quantus est iste, cui Throni et Dominatiónes occurrunt! Noli timére, filia Sion: ecce, Rex tuus venit tibi, sedens super pullum ásinae, sicut scriptum est, Salve, Rex, fabricátor mundi, qui venisti redímere nos.
Holy Week is upon us, so please send photos of your Palm Sunday services, whether in the OF or EF, Ordinariate or any Eastern Rite, etc., to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org; don’t forget to include the name and location of the church, and any other information you think important. I would also ask people as much as possible to send the pictures as zipped files, which are a lot easier to process, and to size them down so that the smaller dimension is around 1500 pixels. Reminders will be posted for the rest of Holy Week and Easter fairly soon. Evangelize through beauty!
Last year, we had over 200 photos from 25 churches, located in 12 American states and 7 other countries (with several duplicates) - let’s see if we can’t beat that this year!
And so we finally come to the end of the first round of Holy Week photoposts, with the last of Palm Sunday. As always, our sincerest thanks to all the contributors, and our best wishes for a most blessed Eastertide. Next week, we start in on Holy Thursday.
Most Precious Blood – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ICRSP)
Courtesy of Allison Girone
Yes, of course, tradition will always be for the young.
The biggest difficulty in preparing these photoposts, (and the reason why I am, as usual, seriously behind schedule), is simply that we receive far more pictures than we can realistically hope to post. In order to do modicum of justice to the contributors, I have to go through the painful process of making a selection among too many beautiful images. This is a great problem to have, and it also means that there will be at least one more post of Palm Sunday, before we move on to the rest of Holy Week, so there is plenty of time for you send in more pictures if you have them to the usual address: photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org. We wish all our readers a most blessed Easter season - He is truly risen!
St Joseph Oratory at Our Lady of Częstochowa Shrine – Merrillville, Indiana (ICRSP)
Once again, our heartfelt thanks to all our photopost contributors, and we wish all our readers a most blessed Holy Saturday and joyful Easter night! The number of submissions is such that it will take a while to get through them all; by far, the most difficult thing about preparing these is having to choose among far more beautiful photos than we can realistically publish, which is a great problem to have. In the meantime, please send pictures of any and all of your Triduum liturgies to the usual address, photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org, and remember to include the name and location of the church. Keep up the good work of evangelizing through beauty!
I am happy to say that we have received a pretty considerable number of contributions to our Palm Sunday photopost series, which will certainly run to at least three separate posts. There is always room for more, and of course the Triduum starts today, so please send photos of any and all of your Holy Week liturgies, in any of the various rites and forms, to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org, always remembering to include the name and location of the church. We wish all of our reader a most blessed celebration of the mysteries of Our Lord’s Holy Supper and Passion, looking forward to the glorious Resurrection.
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