We invite you to use the Lessons, readings, and prayers below as part of your devotions during Holy Week, which begins on Sunday. These items were prepared for churches that hold services on every day of Holy Week.
Lessons and Prayers for Holy Week – Maundy Thursday
HYMN: #324 “O Jesus, at Your Altar Now”
Introit: God forbid that I should glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Him is salvation, life, and resurrection from the dead. By Him we are redeemed and set at liberty. God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us.
EPISTLE: 1 Corinthians 11:23–32
Prayer for the Day
O Lord Jesus Christ, we thank You, that of Your infinite mercy You have instituted this Your Sacrament, in which we eat Your body and drink Your blood; grant us, we beseech You, by Your Holy Spirit, that we may not receive this gift unworthily, but that we may confess our sins, remember Your agony and death, believe the forgiveness of sin, and day by day grow in faith and love, until we obtain eternal salvation; through You, who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one true God, now and forever. Amen.
GOSPEL: John 13:1-15
HYMN: #309 “A Wondrous Mystery Is Here”
