Weekdays of Holy Week
Monday in Holy Week
Almighty God,
whose most dear Son went not up
to joy,
but first he suffered pain,
and entered not into glory before
he was crucified:
Mercifully grant that we, walking
in the way of his cross,
may find it none other than the
way of life and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Tuesday in Holy Week
O God,
who by the passion of your blessed
Son made
an instrument of shameful death
to be for us the means of life:
Grant us so to glory in the cross
of Christ,
that we may gladly suffer pain
and loss
for the sake of your Son our Saviour
Jesus Christ;
who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen
Wednesday in Holy Week
Lord God,
whose blessed Son our Saviour
gave his back to the smiters,
and did not hide his face from
shame:
Give us grace to endure the sufferings
of this present time,
with sure confidence in the glory
that shall be revealed;
through Jesus Christ your Son our
Lord. Amen
Thursday in Holy Week
God our Father,
you have invited us to share in
the supper
which your Son gave to his Church
to proclaim his death until he
comes:
May he nourish us by his presence,
and unite us in his love;
who is alive and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever Amen
Good Friday
Almighty Father,
Look with mercy on this your family
for which our Lord Jesus Christ
was content to be betrayed
and given up into the hands of
sinners
and to suffer death upon the cross;
who is alive and glorified with
you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen
Easter Eve
Grant, Lord,
that we who are baptized into the
death
of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
may continually put to death our
evil desires
and be buried with him;
and that through the grave and
gate of death
we may pass to our joyful resurrection;
through his merits, who died and
was buried
and rose again for us,
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
