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HOLY WEEK: WEDNESDAY
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Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples
John 13.35
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Holy God,
who call Your people to sustain the weary and protect the oppressed.
Uphold us in our concerns and strengthen us,
that we may not only speak our prayers
but act on behalf of their fulfillment.
Most Holy One,
grant that we may be counted as members of the great cloud of witnesses
who live with justice and compassion,
and reveal Your divine glory before all people.
In the name of the Son You glorified. Amen.
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Scripture Readings:
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Isaiah 50.4-9a | Psalm 70 | Hebrews 12.1-3 | John 13.21-32
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Powerful Deliverer,
as You delivered the Hebrews safely
out of the long labour of slavery,
so, morning by morning,
You draw us forth into the new day.
Surround us with Your cloud of witnesses,
and sustain us by Your powerful Word, that,
in the night of loneliness and fear,
we, being weary , may not lose heart.
Comfort us in tribulation
as we push toward the joy that is to come,
labouring with Christ to give birth
to Your promised kingdom.
We ask this in the name of Your Son, Yeshua Jesus.
Amen.
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prayers reprinted with modifications from Revised Common Lectionary Prayers,
copyright 2002 Consultation on Common Texts
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HOLY WEEK: TUESDAY
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Anyone who wants to serve me must follow me, says the Lord,
because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honour anyone who serves me.
John 12.26
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O God,
by the passion of your blessed Son,
You made an instrument of shameful death to be for us
the means of Life.
May our lives be so transformed by His passion that
we may witness to His grace;
Reveal Your glory to the nations, that Your cross may stand as a sign
that conquers human pride and confounds the wisdom of the world.
In the Name of Your Son,
who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
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Scripture Readings:
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Isaiah 49.1-7 | Psalm 71.1-14 | 1 Corinthians 1.18-31 | John 12.20-36
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Holy and Immortal God,
from earliest times You have named us
and called us into discipleship.
Teach us to follow the One whose light scatters the darkness of our world,
that we may walk as children of the Light.
In whose name we pray. Amen.
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selection of prayers reprinted with modifications from Revised Common Lectionary Prayers, copyright 2002
Consultation on Common Texts
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This is real love - not that we loved God, but that God loved us and sent
His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
1 John 4.10
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HOLY WEEK: MONDAY
God, through Christ, has given us as a covenant to the people,
to heal and to liberate through prayer and presence.
We gather the concerns of the church and the world,
and hold them in our hearts before our Creator and Redeemer.
Gracious God, the Hope of all in need,
pour your Spirit upon us,
that we may be instruments of Your justice and compassion,
a light to the nations,
and a living promise of Your new heaven and new earth.
In Your Son's name we pray, Amen.
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Scripture Readings:
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Isaiah 42.1-9 | Psalm 36.5-11 | Hebrews 9.11-15 | John 12.1-11
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God of steadfast love,
Light of the blind and Liberator of the oppressed,
we see Your holy purpose in the tender compassion of Jesus,
who calls us into new and living friendship with You.
May we, who take shelter in the shadow of Your wings,
be filled with the grace of His tender caring;
may we, who stumble in selfish darkeness,
see Your glory in the light of His self-giving.
We ask this through The One whose suffering is victorious.
Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
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prayers reprinted with modifications from Revised Common Lectionary Prayers, copyright 2002
Consultation on Common Texts
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