Opinion: After a Holy Week disrupted by death, an honest Easter
(RNS) — Death is always disruptive. Long before the pandemic, even a “good death” was a rupture. As a loved one slipped..
Opinion: Why Holy Week is made for this pandemic
(RNS) — Five years ago, I wrote a column in which I admitted that I hate Holy Week. “I know I should..
Good Friday litany of penitence based on the Seven Last Words of Christ
This litany by Jill Duffield can be used for personal prayer or public worship.
Video: Prayers of the people for Palm Sunday
Jill Duffield reads the prayers of the people she crafted for Palm Sunday. You are welcome to share this with your congregation..
Presbyterians, Holy Week and COVID-19
With Palm Sunday and Easter around the corner, congregations are trying to figure out how to approach Holy Week in the year..
Prayer for Holy Saturday
Jesus, the light that no darkness can overcome, even as the sun rises, the night refuses to relent. We huddle together, afraid,..
Prayer for Good Friday
My God, my God, why have you forsaken your Son? How can you tolerate the suffering of the One who came to..
Prayer for Maundy Thursday
Lord, you are our Master, our Teacher, our Friend. The thought of your suffering pains us. We desperately want a different outcome,..
Holy Week: The holy in the mundane
"This week, so extraordinary, makes every other week in its wake holy and our every act now an offering of thanks to the One whose sacrifice saved the world, whether they know it or not."
Prayer for Wednesday of Holy Week
The days are surely coming, Lord, when you will no longer walk the earth. The atmosphere feels sinister as we prepare..
Prayer for Tuesday of Holy Week
God of all times and places, the business of daily life consumes us. Work must get done. Meals must be cooked. Bills..
Prayer for Monday of Holy Week
Living God, we acknowledge our tendency to worship you on Sunday only to forget your claim on our lives come Monday. Yesterday..
Three Hours: Sermons for Good Friday
Fleming Rutledge Eerdmans, 96 pages In this remarkable set of brief sermons on the traditional seven last words of Jesus, Fleming Rutledge..
Prayer for Holy Saturday
We woke today hoping against hope that you would be alive and with us, Lord. We had wished yesterday was a nightmare,..
Woodwork
It’s about the blood — joining boards at angles, edges are negotiations, prone to pinch, and nails pierce like talking points, splinters..
Prayer for Good Friday
Lord, days like today we wish we could wipe off the calendar. The pain crushes our spirits. Seeing you mocked and beaten,..
Prayer for Maundy Thursday
Servant Lord, you come not to be served but to serve. You tell us to emulate your actions becoming least and last..
The kiss
Listen to the author read his poem. So Judas came straight to Jesus. “Greetings, Rabbi!” he exclaimed and gave him the kiss...
Prayer for Wednesday of Holy Week
You call us, Lord of all, to keep awake, to watch and be ready, to be on alert for the in-breaking..
Prayer for Tuesday of Holy Week
Lord Christ, Hosanna in the highest, even as you prepare to face your death, you continue your God-given work. We marvel at..
Holy Week, March Madness-style
Guest commentary by Gerald Little March Madness is here. College basketball fans, coaches and players cheer, coach and strive to lead their..
Prayer for Monday of Holy Week
Lord, after the crowds and noise, the branches and cloaks, the shouts of “Hosanna!” and the scramble to follow your instructions and..
Prayer for Palm/Passion Sunday
Cloaks on the road, leafy branches cut from the fields of those who welcomed you, Lord Christ, all offerings of what..
March 25, 2018 — Palm/Passion Sunday
Mark 11:1-11 Palm/Passion Sunday, Year B Why are you doing this? What are you doing? These two questions are front and center..
Good Friday prayer
How many times have we denied being disciples of Jesus Christ? Let us pray.
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