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Wednesday of Holy Week

Posted March 19, 2008 * Comments(0)

The Reading for Today: Psalm 70 & John 13:21-35 (Mark 14:1-11)

spywednesdaypainting.jpgIt was this day in antiquity that we remember Judas’ deal with the priests to “turn Jesus over to them.” It is for this reason that Wednesday of Holy Week is referred to in some circles as “spy Wednesday.”

Collect for Spy Wednesday

O God, who desired Your Son to undergo,
on our behalf, the yoke
and subjugation of the Cross;
so that You might drive away
from us the power of the enemy,
grant to us Your servants,
that we may attain the grace of the resurrection.

Amen

tuesday of Holy Week

Posted March 18, 2008 * Comments(1)

The Reading for Today: Psalm 71:1-14 & John 12:20-36

emptycross_webready_3.jpgA Prayer for today :

Dear God,

as we move through this week, give us the gifts of concentration, of focus, and of empathy, as we seek to determine where your astonishing story, which is at once so familiar and yet so incredible, fits with our own narratives.

We believe wholeheartedly that your passion and death have significance beyond our comprehension. Allow us to be touched and awestruck by the holy events of this week and to claim them once again for our own lives.

Amen.
(by Rebecca Sharpless in morning worship, Palm Sunday, March 30, 2003 at Lake Shore Baptist Church)

prayer for Holy Week

Posted March 17, 2008 * Comments(0)

Monday of Holy Week - below you will find the reading for the day and a prayer I discovered - a prayer that is appropriate to recite each day of Holy Week.

The Reading for Today - John 12:1-11 & Mark 14:3-9

A Prayer for Holy Week:
Loving God,
I am just beginning to realize how much you love me.
Your son, Jesus was humble and obedient.
He fulfilled your will for him by becoming human and suffering with us.
I ask you for the desire to become more humble
so that my own life might also bear witness to you.
I want to use the small sufferings I have in this world to give you glory.

Please, Lord, guide my mind with your truth.
Strengthen my life by the example of Jesus.
Help me to be with Jesus in this week
as he demonstrates again his total love for me.
He died so that I would no longer be separated from you.
Help me to feel how close you are and to live in union with you.

Amen.

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