Welcome Christ

We welcome You, O Christ, we wave our palms,
as once Creation did, and all the earth,
as did the Covenant, told by the Psalms,
and like the star that welcomed You at birth.

We’ll see You coming with Your cross this week,
then dying, from the tomb we’ll see You rise,
You came with Baptism for the goal we seek,
the welcome promised heaven as the prize.

Your Church processing this day celebrates
the welcome of the crowds which still persist
in chanting to their King that resonates
at Mass to welcome Him in Eucharist.  

As we have welcomed You so much before,
O Christ, we pray You welcome us forevermore.

                           by Pete Voelz        3/28/15