Palm Sunday

Hosanna in the highest, Hosanna to the King who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hoshanna fil'alee, mubarakun il atee bismir Rub. Hoshanna Ibn-Daood, mubarakun il atee bismir Rub.

Lord our God, You are seated upon the throne of the Cherubim, and by Your sublime power, You have sent Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to save the world by His crucifixion, burial and resurrection. And when He entered Jerusalem to suffer the crucifixion by His own free will, the people sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death took branches of olive and palm trees as the symbols of victory and proclaimed beforehand His Resurrection.
Therefore, O Lord, as we imitate these same people, preserve and keep us while we carry in our hands palms and branches of trees on this vigil of the Feast. And like the crowds and children who shouted to You, "Hosanna!" make us worthy through our praises, chants and spiritual hymns, to see the glorious Resurrection on the third day by the same Jesus Christ our Lord, with whom You are blessed together with Your all-holy good and life-giving Spirit, now and always and forever and ever.
R: Amen.

(This Blessing of Palm and Olive Branches text is from Lenten Triodion, Volume 4, Weeks 5 and 6 of Great Lent and from Byzantine Melkite Catholic Euchologion )