Palm Sunday of The Passion of the Lord - Year A - Palm Sunday & “All Glory, Laud and Honour”

Together with Jesus, we enter Holy Week at Jerusalem. A city, then as now, where a remarkable awareness of the presence of the holy has regularly intertwined with violence. As Jesus and the disciples made their puzzling entry into Jerusalem, a festive and agitated crowd gathered. Some people threw down their clothes, while others hacked down branches to spread in Jesus’s path. Religious acclamations were shouted out. Not long after, Jesus’s life would end in bloodshed.

This entry would turn out to be unique and momentous. The entry was made by Jesus, humble, riding a beast of burden, yet he gathered shouting crowds in front and behind him. We, as Christian believers, need to constantly deepen our own faith and help those who in different ways still ask about Jesus Christ: who is this? The answer is shattering in its power. Jerusalem quaked when Jesus entered it, the earth would quake as Jesus died, and there was a strong earthquake as the angel descended onto the empty tomb. The impact of Christ’s life, death and resurrection is without precedent.

The good news of salvation must not be tamed. Jesus Christ has a sovereign authority not known before on earth, he reigns with the kind of power that is a unique love. He makes a difference to everyone and to everything. To Him all Glory, Laud and Honour!

In honour of this Gospel, we would like to share our latest video, "All Glory, Laud and Honor". This traditional hymn is based on an English translation of the Latin hymn "Gloria, laus et honor", which was written by Theodulf of Orléans in 820. It is a Palm Sunday hymn based on Matthew 21:1–11 marking the occasion of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

Video can be watched by clicking here or on the picture below:

Wishing everyone a blessed Palm Sunday!

God bless,

Sunday 7pm Choir