Christ our God, Prince of Peace,
Who on this day did enter the rebellious city midst shouts of “Hosanna,”
Enter our hearts and subdue them entirely unto you.
Rule over us in all the concerns and circumstances of our lives:
the work of our hands and the whims of our hearts;
the ambition of our dreams and the sins of our desires;
the experience of our friendships and our secret thoughts toward others.

Save us from the hypocrisy that sings “Hosanna” in the temple and cries
“Crucify him” in the marketplace of daily business.
Save us from the sham that praises with lips, but betrays you in our deeds.
Save us from the treason that boasts loyalty in the upper room and then makes cowardly denial in the judgment hall.

Lord, grant that as you look over us in this moment,
You will not weep as you did riding into Jerusalem on that momentous day.
Grant that every person in this place of worship will want you as king of their lives,
as sovereign monarch in every relationship.
May each of us in reverence and adoration truly say,
“Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

We pray that the day will speedily arrive when, in your glorious return,
every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess
that you are Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Amen