Wednesday of Holy Week

Wednesday of Holy Week – April 8, 2020 – Exodus 12:5
 

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This Lamb is Christ, the soul’s great friend,

     The Lamb of God, our Savior,

Whom God the Father chose to send

     To gain for us His favor.

“Go forth, My Son,” the Father said, 

“And free My children from their dread 

     Of guilt and condemnation. 

The wrath and stripes are hard to bear,

But by Your passion they will share

     The fruit of Your salvation.” [2]

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.” – Exodus 12:5

The requirements for selecting a sheep for Passover meal are spelled out in Exodus 15. These words point to Christ who was without defect. Peter would remind us that Jesus was like “a lamb without blemish or defect.” See 1 Peter 1:19

Show the light of Thy Countenance upon us, O Lord, and pour Thy blessing abundantly into our breasts; that our hearts, be shown with the gladness of Thy light, may know Thy way upon earth, and be glad in the full knowledge of the holy faith among all nations; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with Thee and the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen. [3]

Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave His body to be whipped and His face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen [4]

Merciful and everlasting God, You did not spare Your only Son but delivered Him up for us all to bear our sins on the cross. Grant that our hearts may be so fixed with steadfast faith in Him that we fear not the power of sin, death, and the devil; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. [5]

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1. “The Lamb which was slain” © Google Images 

2. A Lamb Gods Uncomplaining Forth © 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100013721.

3. A Holy Week Collect © 2005 Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood

4. Collect for Wednesday of Holy Week, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm

5. Collect for Wednesday of Holy Week, Lutheran Service Week © 2006 Concordia Publishing, St. Louis