26B - Tuesday in Holy Week — 28B - Maundy Thursday
See also my post from 2012
PSALM 70
Rescue me, O God!
hurry to my aid!
Let those who seek my life
be shamed and disgraced;
those who want to see me ruined,
be turned back, humiliated;
those who say, “Aha, aha!”,
retreat in shame.
Let all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
those who love your saving help
ever say, “God is great!”
But I am poor and needy;
come to me quickly, O God!
You are my help and rescuer,
O LORD, do not delay!
A CREATIVE MOMENT
Click here for some ideas for worship in Lent and Easter gleaned from the pages of “On the Move” (now out of print) which was published by the Joint Board of Christian Education, Melbourne, Australia.
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
(A prayer to gather the spoken and silent concerns/joys/thanks expressed by the congregation and lead into a more structured Intercession with connection to the lections for the day. Sometimes this prayer will borrow lightly from other sources e.g. Uniting in Worship 2 or publications of the Iona Community.)
It was on a Wednesday that Jesus
spoke out against
greed, false concern for the poor,
self-interest.
So today we pray,
Holy source of all that is,
comforter of the poor,
bring sight to those blind to beauty, love and peace;
rescue those exploited by the greedy;
be present to those who call on your name,
to those we named on our lips,
and in the silence of our hearts,
those whose concerns are known only to you;
in Jesus’ name…
(The Prayers of the People continue)
Looking for contemporary music and song resources?
Try David MacGregor’s Together to Celebrate
Or metrical psalms? Try Dale A. Schoening’s Sing the Psalms
| HYMN SUGGESTIONS: WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK | |
| Isaiah 50:4-9a | |
| Sing praise and thanksgiving, | TIS 107 |
| Thank you for giving me the morning | TIS 162 |
| O breath of God, breathe on us now | TIS 408 |
| Master, speak, thy servant heareth | TIS 597 |
| God has spoken to his people, hallelujah | TIS 636 |
| Hebrews 12:1-3 | |
| At the dawning of salvation | TIS 392 |
| Author of faith, eternal word | TIS 565 |
| Christ is the heavenly food that gives | TIS 522 |
| Christ is the world’s redeemer | TIS 192 |
| Fight the good fight with all thy might | TIS 594 |
| For all the saints who from their labour | TIS 455 |
| Give me the wings of faith to rise | TIS 438 |
| God! As with silent hearts we bring to m | TIS 680 |
| I bind unto myself today/Christ be with | TIS 478 |
| I want to walk as a child of the light | TIS 643 |
| Jesus lives! your terrors now | TIS 372 |
| Lord of the living, in your name assembl | TIS 637 |
| May the mind of Christ my Saviour | TIS 609 |
| Now we come, our heavenly Father | TIS 462 |
| O Lord of every shining constellation | TIS 157 |
| O love of God, how strong and true | TIS 139 |
| Rejoice in God’s saints, today and all d | TIS 470 |
| With joy we meditate the grace | TIS 206 |
| John 13:21-32 | |
| Fold to your heart your sister and your brother | TIS 587 |
| Make me a captive, Lord | TIS 604 |
| Lord Jesus, we belong to you | TIS 686 |