Palm Sunday Western Church, Bishop's Blessing

Palm Sunday for the Western Church

Palm Sunday for the Western Church. Bishop's blessing: May Almighty God bless you so that you may be eager to please him with the leanness of those who fast and the observance of these present days. Amen. And may He Grant unto you that you will have striven to be presented to him with branches of palms and other similar branches in such a way that you may be strong enough to appear before Him after death with the palm of victory and the fruit of good works. Amen. And may He in the passion of whose Son you believe with pure heart, and eagerly venerate with devoted mind, grant that you may come unto the Feast of His Resurrection with the reward of replenishment, strengthened with HIS protection. Amen. May he whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of Ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen. May almighty God Who provided an example of humility unto you through the passion of his Only-Begotten Son, grant that you understand the gift of his ineffable blessing through the same humility. Amen. May you understand participation in His Resurrection; Whose enduring teachings you venerate. Amen. For I would have you receive the reward of eternal life, through Whose temporal death you believe you evaded eternal death. Amen. May He Whose Kingdom and Dominion remain without end, be pleased to sustain us unto ages of ages. Amen. May the blessing of God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the peace of the Lord be ever with you. Amen.  +William