Palm Sunday B – The Episcopal Church

Lesson Plans: Palm Sunday (B)

Old Testament Lesson Plans: God gives; God opens; and God helps Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-9a In this section of Isaiah we hear what is sometimes called the third servant song. Isaiah 40-55 are passages that talk about the image of a suffering servant. The lectionary preparers likely chose this reading for Palm Sunday as a foreshadowing…

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God Save the People, Palm Sunday (B) – 2024

[RCL] Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 71:1-14; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; John 12:20-36 “When wilt thou save the people? O God of mercy, when? Not kings and lords, but nations, Not thrones and crowns, but men… God save the people.” Famous words, not from the Gospel of John, but from the Stephen Schwartz musical, Godspell. Palm Sunday. It…

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It’s Holy Week. So What?, Palm Sunday (B) – 2021

RCL: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39, [40-47] With so much going on in the world, it may seem almost silly to insist on giving so much time and energy to the religious observance of Holy Week. This is especially true when one considers that so many people around us…

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Bible Study: Palm Sunday (B) – 2018

Isaiah 50:4-9a As we begin Holy Week, this passage in Isaiah reminds us of God’s help in times of distress. This passage was likely written during the time of Babylonian exile in the 6th Century BC—a time of great suffering and disorientation for the Israelites. Jesus’ arrest, trial, and crucifixion would have been similarly devastating…

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