The readings for Holy Week

You can follow the progress of Jesus through that first Holy Week with the following selection of readings:

Monday:              St. Luke ch.  22. vv 1 – 23               The Passover Meal

Tuesday:              St. Luke ch.  22. vv 39 – 53            Jesus is arrested

Wednesday:      St. Luke ch.  22. vv 54 – 62            Peter’s denial

Thursday:            St. Luke ch.  23. vv 1 – 25               court sentence

Friday:                  St. John ch.  19. vv 17 – 30            the Crucifixion

Saturday:             St. John ch.  19. vv 31 – 42            the burial

 In the background rumbles the Old Testament Book of Lamentations, which is particularly apt for our present crisis;

 

 

Maundy Thursday

Service Reading

Exodus 12. 1-4  11 – 14  Ps. 116. 1, 10 – end  1 Cor. 11.  23 – 26  John 13. 1 -17, 31b – 35

 

GOOD  FRIDAY

Service Readings

Isa. 52. 13 – 53 end. Ps. 22 1 – 11  Heb. 10. 16 – 25  John 18. 1 – 19 end

 

 

 

EASTER SUNDAY

Acts 10. 34 – 43

Ps. 118 1 -2 14 – 24  Col. 3. 1  4  John 20. 1 – 1-18

BCP Exodus 12. 21-28  Ps. 111  Col. 3. 1 – 7  John 20. 1 – 10

 

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