Holy Week Wednesday April 13, 2022

Two days before Passover, (Nisan 13) Mk. 14:1-11, Mat. 26:1-16, Luke 22:1-13  The Plot to Kill Jesus 

Prayer 

Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame  death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life:Grant that I, who celebrate  with joy the day of the Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin  by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns  with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Lectionary Readings Isaiah 50:4-9

The Lord God has given me  the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.

Morning by morning he wakens— wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. 5 The Lord God has opened my ear,

   and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backwards.

6 I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;

I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.

7 The Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced;

therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame 8   he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me?

   Let us stand up together. Who are my adversaries?  Let them confront me. 9 It is the Lord God who helps me;

   who will declare me guilty? All of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.

Hebrews 12:1-3

12Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 2looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

3 Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart.

John 13:21-32

21 After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, ‘Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.’ 22The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he was speaking. 23One of his disciples—the one whom Jesus loved—was reclining next to him; 24Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking. 25So while reclining next to Jesus, he asked him, ‘Lord, who is it?’ 26Jesus answered, ‘It is the one to whom I give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.’ So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot. 27After he received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, ‘Do quickly what you are going to do.’ 28Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. 29Some thought that, because Judas had the common purse, Jesus was telling him, ‘Buy what we need for the festival’; or, that he should give something to the poor. 30So, after receiving the piece of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.

31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, ‘Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. 32If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once.

 Holy Week Tuesday April 12

Nisan 12, MK.11:20 - 13:37, Mat. 21:20- 25:46, Lk. 20 - 21:36 

Jesus teaching in the Temple: 

-The Parable of Wicked Tenants 

-Whether to Pay taxes 

-The Question from the Sadducees 

-The Widow’s Offering 

-The Coming Signs 

Prayer for the Tuesday in Holy Week 

O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you 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 shame and loss for the sake of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns  with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever Amen, 

Isaiah 49:1-4

Listen to me, O coastlands,
pay attention, you peoples from far away!
The Lord called me before I was born,
while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.
2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword,
in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow,
in his quiver he hid me away.
3 And he said to me, ‘You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will be glorified.’
4 But I said, ‘I have laboured in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my cause is with the Lord,
and my reward with my God.’

Psalm 71:1-4

1 In you, O Lord, I take refuge;
   let me never be put to shame.
2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
   incline your ear to me and save me.
3 Be to me a rock of refuge,
   a strong fortress, to save me,
   for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
   from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.

John 12:20-36

20Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.

27“Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say—‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. 28Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 29The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” 30Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. 31Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. 32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die. 34The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” 35Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going. 36While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.” After Jesus had said this, he departed and hid from them.

Monday, April 11, 2022

The Last Week of Jesus 

Palm Sunday : Entry into Jerusalem 

Monday, Nisan 11: The Cleansing of the Temple 

Tuesday, Nisan 12: Jesus Teaching in the Temple (A Critique of the Chief Priests and Scribes) Wednesday, Nisan 13: The Plot to Kill Jesus 

Thursday, Nisan 14: The Preparing and Sharing of the Last Supper 

Friday, Nisan 15: The Crucifixion of Jesus 

Holy Saturday

Monday, Nisan 11  

Temple Cleansing, Mark 11:12-19,Mat. 21:10-19,  Luke 19:39-48 

Painting: El Greco, 1600 

Prayer for 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 the cross,  may find it none other than the way of life and  peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord;  who lives and reigns with you and the Holy  Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen  from the book of Common Prayer 

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Lectionary Readings Isaiah 42:1-3

Here is my servant, whom I uphold, 

 my chosen, in whom my soul delights; 

I have put my spirit upon him; 

 he will bring forth justice to the nations. 

He will not cry or lift up his voice, 

 or make it heard in the street; 

a bruised reed he will not break, 

 and a dimly burning wick he will not quench;  he will faithfully bring forth justice.

Praying the Psalms 36:5-6 

Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,  your faithfulness to the clouds. 

6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,  your judgements are like the great deep;  you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.

John 12:1-11 

12Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 3Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed 

Jesus’ feet, and wiped them* with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, 5‘Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii* and the money given to the poor?’ 6(He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) 7Jesus said, ‘Leave her alone. She bought it* so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 8You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.’ 

9 When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death as well, 11since it was on account of him that many of the Jews were deserting and were believing in Jesus.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple