— Psalm 24:7-9—The hymn of the Day is All Glory, Laud and Honor– {LSB 442}. The Lord Almighty, the Lord mighty in battle, has triumphed over all His enemies and comes now in victory to His own city. This is what Jesus proclaimed on the day of His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Tomorrow we worship our Savior as Lord, Christ, and King. Worship at its best happens when Christ is the focal point of our praise.
“All Glory, Laud, and Honor” is perhaps the quintessential Palm Sunday entrance hymn. With its Latin text written in the 9th century by Theodulph of Orleans (ca. 750-821), its English translation by John Mason Neale (1818-1866) and its majestic 17th-century German tune by Melchior Teschner (1584-1635), one would have to look far and wide for a hymn more rooted in Western historical and cultural traditions.
An interesting note is that Theodulph inserts children (Latin “puerile”) directly into his Latin hymn. There is no biblical basis for this, either in the Latin Vulgate or the King James Version. The accounts of Matthew and Luke include a reference to children, but these have nothing to do with children singing specifically during the triumphal entry. Matthew 21:16 notes, “Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?” This mention of children takes place several verses after the narrative of the triumphal entry.
Recent developments in the Christian Year relabeled this Sunday as Palm/Passion Sunday. In doing so, the exuberance of the triumphal entrance soon gives way to the anticipation of the Passion of Christ that is to follow—all within the same service. 1 -Dr. John Mason Hawn professor of sacred music at Perkins School of Theology, Sothern Methodist University.
Collect for Palm Sunday—Almighty and everlasting God the Father, who sent Your Son to take our nature upon Him and to suffer death on the cross that all mankind should follow the example of His great humility, mercifully grant that we may both follow the example of our Savior Jesus Christ in His patience and also have our portion in His resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 2
Sources:
1. https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/history-of-hymns-all-glory-laud-and-honor
2. Collect for Palm Sunday copyright 2006 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis
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