Songs Ideas for Palm Sunday 2019

PALM SUNDAY

Processional Songs:

Hosanna by John Angotti (WLP) from the CD Today  listen  “Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”  (Procession with Palms)

Hosanna to the Son of David by Tom Booth (spiritandsong) (Procession with Palms)

*Blessed Is He (Palm Processional) by Feargal King (WLP) from the collection Voices As One vol. 2 and on the CD Jesus, Hope for the World  “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”  (Procession with Palms)  

 

Another Idea:

Here is something I arranged last year: a ‘verse’ to go with the beautiful and popular refrain by Brooke Ligertwood in the song Hosanna.  (by Hillsong).

Blessed Is He – Hosanna EXCERPT

You could begin with the Refrain or the Verse, your choice.  The song can continue to loop around as much as needed. 

 

Some other ideas for the procession with palms:

Sing Hosanna by Josh Blakesley (spiritandsong.com) from the CD Free  listen on YouTube  “Sing Hosanna…King of Kings, Lord of Lord, You are God.”  (Procession with Palms)

*Sing Hosanna to Our King! by John Angotti (WLP) from the CD Rise Up, My People and the collection Voices As One vol. 2  listen     (Procession with Palms)

Hosanna by Brooke Ligertwood (Capitol CMG/CCLI)  “Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest!”  (Procession with Palms)

Hosanna (Praise Is Rising) by Brown/Baloche (Capitol CMG/CCLI) “In Your Kingdom broken lives are made new. You make us new.”  (Procession with Palms)

*He Is Exalted by Twila Paris (EMI/CCLI)  (also found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1)  “He is the Lord! Forever his truth shall reign! He is exalted, the King is exalted on high!”  (Procession with Psalms)

Holy Is the Lord by Tomlin/Giglio (EMI/CCLI)  “We stand and lift up our hands, for the joy of the Lord is our strength.”  (Procession with Palms)

 

 

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: 

FREE: My God, My God by Ed Bolduc – lead sheet  instrumental parts  listen

FREE: Why Have You Abandoned Me by Ed Bolduc – lead sheet  C inst  listen

Why Have You Abandoned Me? by Cliff Petty (WLP) listen

My God, My God by Scot Crandal (spiritandsong.com)

 

 

MORE SONGS:

*Above All by Leblanc/Baloche (Capitol CMG/LenSongs Publishing, Inc./CCLI) found in Voices As One vol. 2 and on the CD Jesus, Hope for the World   “Crucified, laid behind the stone, you lived to die…”  (Preparation / Communion / Closing) – it actually works well for a closing song at this Liturgy.

At the Cross (Love Ran Red) by Tomlin et al (Capitol CMG/Brentwood-Benson/CCLI)  “At the cross…where your love ran red and my sin washed white.”   (Preparation / Communion / Closing)

Behold by WAL (WLP) from the CD Always and Everywhere and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 3  listen  “Behold the Bread of life, behold the sacred Blood. Behold the Body of Christ. Behold what makes us one.”  (Song of Preparation / Communion)

Behold the Lamb of God by Matt Maher (spiritandsong.com) from the CD Overflow – I have also found that the short refrain from this song works well to further enhance the reading of the Passion, which is, of course, very lengthy. Together with your liturgist and priests, consider 3 or 4 points during the reading to pause and sing this refrain with the assembly.  listen on YouTube

Christ In Me, Arise by Trevor Thomson (spiritandsong.com) from the CD Christ In Me, Arise  listen on YouTube  “Be now my footsteps, leading the way, taking me where I must go.”  (Preparation / Communion / Closing)

*God So Loved the World by Paul Tate (WLP) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1 and the CD Let All Creation Sing!  listen  “God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him!” (Preparation / Communion / Closing)

He Lives In Us by Amelia Acosta (WLP) from the collection More Voices As One vol. 1  listen  “A love that knows no measure, love given and poured out for all…and all that he did brings us new life.”  (Communion)

*Holiness is Faithfulness by Danielle Rose (WLP) from the CD Mysteries  listen  lyrics based on the Fourth Sorrowful Mystery: Jesus Carries His Cross  (Preparation / Communion)

In Christ Alone by Getty/Townend (Capitol CMG/CCLI)  “Scorned by the ones He came to save, Till on that cross as Jesus died, The wrath of God was satisfied, For every sin on Him was laid…” (Preparation / Communion / Closing)

Jesus, Messiah by Reeves/Carson/Cash/Tomlin (Capitol CMG/Music Services/CCLI)  “He became sin who knew no sin…”  (Preparation / Communion / Closing)

Jesus Reigns by John Angotti (WLP) from the CD We Gather In Love and the collection More Voices As One vol. 2 – could possibly be used for Entrance Procession  listen

Lead Me to the Cross by Brooke Ligertwood (Capitol CMG/CCLI) (Preparation / Communion / Closing)

O Sacred Head Surrounded (traditional)

*Once Again by Matt Redman (Capitol CMG/CCLI) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 2  and on the CD Surrender  listen  “Once again I look upon the cross where you died. I’m humbled by your mercy…”  (Preparation / Communion / Closing)

Paschal Mystery by Bradley Knuckles (WLP) listen   “Bread of Life, broken for the world, we come needing to be nourished. We find in you what nothing else can give. You satisfy the heart.” (Preparation / Communion)

*Strength for the Journey by Michael John Poirier found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1  “There is a cross meant for you to carry…and as you bow down in humble surrender…”  listen on YouTube  (Preparation / Communion)

Stain Me by Aaron Thompson (WLP) from the CD Alive In Me  listen “Stain me with your blood…may the world see your presence alive in me.”  (Communion)

Take Up Our Cross by Hart/Byrd/Stephan (spiritandsong.com) from the CD Amid Passing Things  listen on YouTube  “Behold the wood that bears our name…the nails that hold our sin.”  (Preparation / Communion / Closing)

The Same Love by Rossback/Baloche (Integrity/CCLI)   “The same love that was crucified is calling us all by name.” (Preparation / Closing)

The Wonderful Cross by Tomlin/Watts/Walt/Reeves/Mason (Capitol CMG/CCLI) listen on SongSelect  “When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died…”  (Preparation / Communion / Closing)

Tree of Life by Aaron Thompson (WLP) from the CD 10,000 Angels and the collection More Voices As One vol. 1  listen  “Jesus walked this road before us as our God, but human, too.”  (Communion)

Unless a Grain of Wheat by John Angotti (WLP) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 2 and on the CD Father, We Thank Thee  listen  (Preparation / Communion)

Were You There (traditional) – also, by John Angotti from the CD Joy Beyond Our Dreams

What a Beautiful Name by Fielding/Ligertwood (Capitol CMG/CCLI) “Death could not hold you…the veil tore before you.”

What Wondrous Love Is This? arranged by Josh Blakesley (spiritandsong.com)  listen on YouTube  (Preparation / Communion / Closing)

Worthy is the Lamb by Lorraine Hess (WLP) from the CD Glorify Him  listen  “To the Lamb who was slain, heaven and earth proclaim ‘Worthy is the Lamb!’”  (Preparation / Communion)

Worthy is the Lamb by John Angotti (WLP) from the CD Joy Beyond Our Dreams  listen  “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain…”  (Preparation / Communion)

*You are My King (Amazing Love) by Billy James Foote (worshiptogether.com) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 2 and on the CD Surrender  listen   “Amazing love, how can it be that you, my King, would die for me?”  (Preparation / Communion / Closing)

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Voices As One ® Vol. 1 and 2 C Instrument Book

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Voices As One ® Vol. 1 and 2 Saxophone and Brass Instrument Book

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