At
The Procession With Palms
GOSPEL: Mark 11:
1 - 10 Or John
12: 12 - 16
1
And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at
the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
2
and said to them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately
as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever
sat; untie it and bring it.
3
If any one says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord has
need of it and will send it back here immediately.'"
4
And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door out in the open
street; and they untied it.
5
And those who stood there said to them, "What are you doing,
untying the colt?"
6
And they told them what Jesus had said; and they let them go.
7
And they brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their garments on it;
and he sat upon it.
8
And many spread their garments on the road, and others spread leafy
branches which they had cut from the fields.
9
And those who went before and those who followed cried out, "Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
10
Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming! Hosanna in
the highest!"
Or
12
The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus
was coming to Jerusalem.
13
So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying,
"Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even
the King of Israel!"
14
And Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it; as it is written,
15
"Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming,
sitting on an ass's colt!"
16
His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was
glorified, then they remembered that this had been written of him and
had been done to him.
At
The Mass
FIRST READING:
Isaiah
50:
4 - 7
4
The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I
may know how to sustain with a word him that is weary. Morning by
morning he wakens, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5
The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I turned
not backward.
6 I
gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who pulled out
the beard; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
7
For the Lord GOD helps me; therefore I have not been confounded;
therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall
not be put to shame;
PSALM: Psalms 22:
8 - 9, 17 - 20, 23 - 24
8
"He committed his cause to the LORD; let him deliver him, let
him rescue him, for he delights in him!"
9
Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe
upon my mother's breasts.
17
I can count all my bones -- they stare and gloat over me;
18
they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast
lots.
19
But thou, O LORD, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid!
20
Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog!
23
You who fear the LORD, praise him! all you sons of Jacob, glorify
him, and stand in awe of him, all you sons of Israel!
24
For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to
him.
SECOND READING: Philippians
2: 6 - 11
6 who, though he was in the form of
God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but emptied himself, taking the form
of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in human form he
humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a
cross.
9 Therefore God has highly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
GOSPEL: Mark 14:
1 -- Mark 15: 47 Or
Mark 15: 1 - 39
1 It was now two days before the
Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and
the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him;
2 for they said, "Not during the
feast, lest there be a tumult of the people."
3 And while he was at Bethany in the
house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, a woman came with an
alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke
the flask and poured it over his head.
4 But there were some who said to
themselves indignantly, "Why was the ointment thus wasted?
5 For this ointment might have been
sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor."
And they reproached her.
6 But Jesus said, "Let her alone;
why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
7 For you always have the poor with
you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not
always have me.
8 She has done what she could; she has
anointed my body beforehand for burying.
9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the
gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told
in memory of her."
10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of
the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.
11 And when they heard it they were
glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to
betray him.
12 And on the first day of Unleavened
Bread, when they sacrificed the passover lamb, his disciples said to
him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the
passover?"
13 And he sent two of his disciples,
and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of
water will meet you; follow him,
14 and wherever he enters, say to the
householder, `The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I am to
eat the passover with my disciples?'
15 And he will show you a large upper
room furnished and ready; there prepare for us."
16 And the disciples set out and went
to the city, and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the
passover.
17 And when it was evening he came with
the twelve.
18 And as they were at table eating,
Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one
who is eating with me."
19 They began to be sorrowful, and to
say to him one after another, "Is it I?"
20 He said to them, "It is one of
the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.
21 For the Son of man goes as it is
written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is
betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been
born."
22 And as they were eating, he took
bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said,
"Take; this is my body."
23 And he took a cup, and when he had
given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.
24 And he said to them, "This is
my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
25 Truly, I say to you, I shall not
drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it
new in the kingdom of God."
26 And when they had sung a hymn, they
went out to the Mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus said to them, "You
will all fall away; for it is written, `I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.'
28 But after I am raised up, I will go
before you to Galilee."
29 Peter said to him, "Even though
they all fall away, I will not."
30 And Jesus said to him, "Truly,
I say to you, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will
deny me three times."
31 But he said vehemently, "If I
must die with you, I will not deny you." And they all said the
same.
32 And they went to a place which was
called Gethsem'ane; and he said to his disciples, "Sit here,
while I pray."
33 And he took with him Peter and James
and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.
34 And he said to them, "My soul
is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch."
35 And going a little farther, he fell
on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might
pass from him.
36 And he said, "Abba, Father, all
things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I
will, but what thou wilt."
37 And he came and found them sleeping,
and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not
watch one hour?
38 Watch and pray that you may not
enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is
weak."
39 And again he went away and prayed,
saying the same words.
40 And again he came and found them
sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what
to answer him.
41 And he came the third time, and said
to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is
enough; the hour has come; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands
of sinners.
42 Rise, let us be going; see, my
betrayer is at hand."
43 And immediately, while he was still
speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with
swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the
elders.
44 Now the betrayer had given them a
sign, saying, "The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him and
lead him away under guard."
45 And when he came, he went up to him
at once, and said, "Master!" And he kissed him.
46 And they laid hands on him and
seized him.
47 But one of those who stood by drew
his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his
ear.
48 And Jesus said to them, "Have
you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture
me?
49 Day after day I was with you in the
temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the scriptures be
fulfilled."
50 And they all forsook him, and fled.
51 And a young man followed him, with
nothing but a linen cloth about his body; and they seized him,
52 but he left the linen cloth and ran
away naked.
53 And they led Jesus to the high
priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were
assembled.
54 And Peter had followed him at a
distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was
sitting with the guards, and warming himself at the fire.
55 Now the chief priests and the whole
council sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death; but they
found none.
56 For many bore false witness against
him, and their witness did not agree.
57 And some stood up and bore false
witness against him, saying,
58 "We heard him say, `I will
destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will
build another, not made with hands.'"
59 Yet not even so did their testimony
agree.
60 And the high priest stood up in the
midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is it
that these men testify against you?"
61 But he was silent and made no
answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ,
the Son of the Blessed?"
62 And Jesus said, "I am; and you
will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming
with the clouds of heaven."
63 And the high priest tore his
garments, and said, "Why do we still need witnesses?
64 You have heard his blasphemy. What
is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving
death.
65 And some began to spit on him, and
to cover his face, and to strike him, saying to him, "Prophesy!"
And the guards received him with blows.
66 And as Peter was below in the
courtyard, one of the maids of the high priest came;
67 and seeing Peter warming himself,
she looked at him, and said, "You also were with the Nazarene,
Jesus."
68 But he denied it, saying, "I
neither know nor understand what you mean." And he went out into
the gateway.
69 And the maid saw him, and began
again to say to the bystanders, "This man is one of them."
70 But again he denied it. And after a
little while again the bystanders said to Peter, "Certainly you
are one of them; for you are a Galilean."
71 But he began to invoke a curse on
himself and to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you
speak."
72 And immediately the cock crowed a
second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before
the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he
broke down and wept.
1 And as soon as it was morning the
chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council
held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led him away and
delivered him to Pilate.
2 And Pilate asked him, "Are you
the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said
so."
3 And the chief priests accused him of
many things.
4 And Pilate again asked him, "Have
you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you."
5 But Jesus made no further answer, so
that Pilate wondered.
6 Now at the feast he used to release
for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
7 And among the rebels in prison, who
had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called
Barab'bas.
8 And the crowd came up and began to
ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do for them.
9 And he answered them, "Do you
want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"
10 For he perceived that it was out of
envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the
crowd to have him release for them Barab'bas instead.
12 And Pilate again said to them, "Then
what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?"
13 And they cried out again, "Crucify
him."
14 And Pilate said to them, "Why,
what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify
him."
15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the
crowd, released for them Barab'bas; and having scourged Jesus, he
delivered him to be crucified.
16 And the soldiers led him away inside
the palace (that is, the praetorium); and they called together the
whole battalion.
17 And they clothed him in a purple
cloak, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on him.
18 And they began to salute him, "Hail,
King of the Jews!"
19 And they struck his head with a
reed, and spat upon him, and they knelt down in homage to him.
20 And when they had mocked him, they
stripped him of the purple cloak, and put his own clothes on him. And
they led him out to crucify him.
21 And they compelled a passer-by,
Simon of Cyre'ne, who was coming in from the country, the father of
Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
22 And they brought him to the place
called Gol'gotha (which means the place of a skull).
23 And they offered him wine mingled
with myrrh; but he did not take it.
24 And they crucified him, and divided
his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each
should take.
25 And it was the third hour, when they
crucified him.
26 And the inscription of the charge
against him read, "The King of the Jews."
27 And with him they crucified two
robbers, one on his right and one on his left.
29 And those who passed by derided him,
wagging their heads, and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the
temple and build it in three days,
30 save yourself, and come down from
the cross!"
31 So also the chief priests mocked him
to one another with the scribes, saying, "He saved others; he
cannot save himself.
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel,
come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe."
Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
33 And when the sixth hour had come,
there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, "E'lo-i, E'lo-i, la'ma sabach-tha'ni?"
which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
35 And some of the bystanders hearing
it said, "Behold, he is calling Eli'jah."
36 And one ran and, filling a sponge
full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink,
saying, "Wait, let us see whether Eli'jah will come to take him
down."
37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and
breathed his last.
38 And the curtain of the temple was
torn in two, from top to bottom.
39 And when the centurion, who stood
facing him, saw that he thus breathed his last, he said, "Truly
this man was the Son of God!"
40 There were also women looking on
from afar, among whom were Mary Mag'dalene, and Mary the mother of
James the younger and of Joses, and Salo'me,
41 who, when he was in Galilee,
followed him, and ministered to him; and also many other women who
came up with him to Jerusalem.
42 And when evening had come, since it
was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
43 Joseph of Arimathe'a, a respected
member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom
of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of
Jesus.
44 And Pilate wondered if he were
already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he
was already dead.
45 And when he learned from the
centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph.
46 And he bought a linen shroud, and
taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a
tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone
against the door of the tomb.
47 Mary Mag'dalene and Mary the mother
of Joses saw where he was laid.
Or
1 And as soon as it was morning the
chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council
held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led him away and
delivered him to Pilate.
2 And Pilate asked him, "Are you
the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said
so."
3 And the chief priests accused him of
many things.
4 And Pilate again asked him, "Have
you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you."
5 But Jesus made no further answer, so
that Pilate wondered.
6 Now at the feast he used to release
for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
7 And among the rebels in prison, who
had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called
Barab'bas.
8 And the crowd came up and began to
ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do for them.
9 And he answered them, "Do you
want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"
10 For he perceived that it was out of
envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the
crowd to have him release for them Barab'bas instead.
12 And Pilate again said to them, "Then
what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?"
13 And they cried out again, "Crucify
him."
14 And Pilate said to them, "Why,
what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify
him."
15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the
crowd, released for them Barab'bas; and having scourged Jesus, he
delivered him to be crucified.
16 And the soldiers led him away inside
the palace (that is, the praetorium); and they called together the
whole battalion.
17 And they clothed him in a purple
cloak, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on him.
18 And they began to salute him, "Hail,
King of the Jews!"
19 And they struck his head with a
reed, and spat upon him, and they knelt down in homage to him.
20 And when they had mocked him, they
stripped him of the purple cloak, and put his own clothes on him. And
they led him out to crucify him.
21 And they compelled a passer-by,
Simon of Cyre'ne, who was coming in from the country, the father of
Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
22 And they brought him to the place
called Gol'gotha (which means the place of a skull).
23 And they offered him wine mingled
with myrrh; but he did not take it.
24 And they crucified him, and divided
his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each
should take.
25 And it was the third hour, when they
crucified him.
26 And the inscription of the charge
against him read, "The King of the Jews."
27 And with him they crucified two
robbers, one on his right and one on his left.
29 And those who passed by derided him,
wagging their heads, and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the
temple and build it in three days,
30 save yourself, and come down from
the cross!"
31 So also the chief priests mocked him
to one another with the scribes, saying, "He saved others; he
cannot save himself.
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel,
come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe."
Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
33 And when the sixth hour had come,
there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, "E'lo-i, E'lo-i, la'ma sabach-tha'ni?"
which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
35 And some of the bystanders hearing
it said, "Behold, he is calling Eli'jah."
36 And one ran and, filling a sponge
full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink,
saying, "Wait, let us see whether Eli'jah will come to take him
down."
37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and
breathed his last.
38 And the curtain of the temple was
torn in two, from top to bottom.
39 And when the centurion, who stood
facing him, saw that he thus breathed his last, he said, "Truly
this man was the Son of God!"
