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(Spoken during the Prelude on page 6. Begin speaking at measure 11).
We
have come into this place to survey the wondrous cross, and to contemplate the
events of Holy Week. Let us hear again the Holy Scripture and story of God's loving
plan and purpose in the suffering of Christ to redeem us from sin and death.
Holy Week started with the triumphal entry into Jerusalem with shouts of "Hosanna!
Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord!" This was followed by Jesus
teaching in the temple and being challenged by those in authority. He knew what lay
before Him, but Jesus faithfully followed His Father's will as the shadow of the cross
weighed heavily on Him.
Let us pray that we may be transformed anew as we remember Christ's humiliation,
and that we may be taught obedience as we remember Christ's obedience until death.
May we love one another as Christ showed love for all people.
May we also pray for those things God would have us ask in the name of Jesus, as
we pray as He taught us:
Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses,*
As we forgive those who trespass against us;**
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
Forever. Amen.
* or
"debts"
or "sins"
**or "as we forgive our debtors"
or "as we forgive those who sin against us"
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