Morning Worship Text
Before we begin, gather a candle or small light, your Bible, a piece of bread and a cup of juice or water. Place them at the center of a calm area in your home and gather comfortable seating for all who will join you. Place your phone, tablet or computer where you can see and hear it. You may want to connect a charger, rather than rely on battery. Add a piece of purple cloth, a cross or something from your "Lent in a Bag" Family Resource Bag or to complete your worship center.
Focus
God speaks to us through what we see, hear, smell, touch, and taste. We know this intuitively, but to think about it consciously is a powerful form of prayer. When we’re inspired by a song on the radio, when we are moved by the sight of a sweetly vulnerable newborn, or when we are renewed by the cool water of a swimming pool on a hot day, we’re experiencing the creative goodness of God. These moments are proof of what St. Ignatius Loyola believed: that we can and should find God in all things. God meets us where we are, as humans living and breathing and moving in a tangible world, and the five senses are five entry points for God’s love to become known to us.
We invite you, on this Palm Sunday as we live stream worship, to use your five senses and jump into this Palm Sunday Sunday. Allow the Holy Spirit to wake up your sense of smell, sight, touch, taste and hearing, and may this story come to life wherever you maybe as we gather our hearts and minds for this time of worship.
Let us start by lighting the candles which symbolize the presence of Christ, Christ who comes to us as we gather in worship and prayer.
A few Notes for worship leaders:
St. Ignatius Loyola
St. Ignatius Loyola was born in 1491, one of 13 children of a family of minor nobility in northern Spain. As a young man Ignatius Loyola was inflamed by the ideals of courtly love and knighthood and dreamed of doing great deeds.
But in 1521 Ignatius was gravely wounded in a battle with the French. While recuperating, Ignatius Loyola experienced a conversion. Reading the lives of Jesus and the saints made Ignatius happy and aroused desires to do great things. Ignatius realized that these feelings were clues to God’s direction for him.
Over the years, Ignatius became expert in the art of spiritual direction. He collected his insights, prayers, and suggestions in his book the Spiritual Exercises, one of the most influential books on the spiritual life ever written. With a small group of friends, Ignatius Loyola founded the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits. Ignatius conceived the Jesuits as “contemplatives in action.” This also describes the many Christians who have been touched by Ignatian spirituality.
Lighting the Christ Candles We light our candles or lights.
Voice One: In the beginning, God said,
Voice Two: "Let there be light, and there was light,"
Voice One: We light these candles because God is with us at this time and in all these places.
Call to Worship We read together responsively.
There’s a Man Riding In On a Donkey
Voice 1: There's a man riding in on a donkey,there's a man, and they say he's a king!
Voice 2: And the palm leaves are waving a welcome
and the voices of the people sing:
Unison: Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna to the King of kings!
Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna to the King!
Voice 1: Why a king riding in on a donkey?
Why a king wearing no fine crown?
Voice 2: Where the drums? Where the high-sounding cymbals
if a king is riding into town?
Unison: Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna to the King of kings!
Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna to the King!
Voice 1: Hear the voice of the King on a donkey!
Hear the joy of the news he brings!
Voice 2: He is Jesus, the Son of the Highest.
He is Jesus and the King of kings!
Unison: Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna to the King of kings!
Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna to the King!
~ Paul Wigmore. Copyright © Jubilate Hymns (admin. Hope Publishing in North America). If you use this song in worship, be sure to report it on your CCLI license.
Tune: Sing hosanna (“Give me oil in my lamp”)
Invocation We pray together in unison.
All Voices:
Our dear Jesus, we remember how you entered into Jerusalem humbly on a donkey,
seeking to transform the people.
We remember how people gathered from everywhere to wave palm branches
and praise you like a king.
Jesus, enter into our times of prayer and worship,
and transform our hearts and lives.
We may not be gathered together in our sanctuary, but we focus our hearts and minds on one another from our homes and ultimately, together we focus on you, Jesus Christ our savior
and receive you into our presence.
And like the people of old in the streets of Jerusalem, we shout today "Hosanna in the highest!"
AMEN.
Scripture: Mark 11:1-11
11 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus[a] sent two of his disciples 2 and said to them, “Go into the village in front of 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 anyone 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 a door outside in the street, and they untied it. 5 And some of those standing 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 cloaks on it, and he sat on it. 8 And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. 9 And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! 10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”
11 And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.Sermon "When a day for Jesus started with Hosanna, and ended with a tour of the temple and a night in Bethany"
Invitation to the Table
Musical Offering:
As piano plays the bread and cup and placed on the table for the Lord’s Supper.
Prayer of Communion
Words of Institution We break the bread and lift the cup as the words are spoken.
The Lord's Supper
Prayer of Thanksgiving: "The Lord's Prayer"
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Challenge for Discipleship
Blessing We speak in unison.
All Voices:
The Light that was in one place and at one time, is now in all places and all times, for God has placed the light in us. We abide in peace! Amen.
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