Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Wednesday of Holy Week



DAY 37: March 31, 2021 Wednesday of Holy Week- John 13:21-32

When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. – John 13:31-32   

Show the light of Thy Countenance upon us, O Lord, and pour Thy blessing abundantly into our breasts; that our hearts, bedewed 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. [2]

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 [3]

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. [4]

Father, in your plan of salvation your Son Jesus Christ accepted the cross and freed us from the power of the enemy. May we come to share the glory of his resurrection, for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen [5]


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[1]  Good Friday 2019 copyright © Ed Riojas Higher Things
[2]A Holy Week Collect © 2005 Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood
[3]Collect for Wednesday of Holy Week, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm
[4]Collect for Wednesday of Holy Week, Lutheran Service Week © 2006 Concordia Publishing, St. Louis
[5] Collect for Wednesday of Holy Week, For All the Saints, A Prayer Book For and By the Church Vol. 1 © 1994 American Publicity Bureau, Delhi, NY

 

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