הוֹשַׁע נָא
Hosanna
hoh-ZAH-nah
The Hebrew acclamation of Palm Sunday, sung at every Mass in the “Holy, Holy, Holy” just before the Eucharistic Prayer.
save, we pray! — which became a shout of praise
Hosanna began as a plea, “save us now,” from Psalm 118, and became a shout of welcome. The crowds cried it as Jesus rode into Jerusalem, and the Church cries it at every Mass in the Sanctus — “Hosanna in the highest” — as Christ comes among his people in the Eucharist. The Catechism reads that Palm Sunday entry as the beginning of the Passover of the Messiah, which the Mass celebrates.
Sources checked 29 September 2026