Maundy Thursday Morning Devotion
A Devotion for In the
Morning (BCP 137)
Maundy Thursday
Let us pray.
Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night
before he
suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood:
Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in
remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy
mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever
and ever. Amen.
suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood:
Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in
remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy
mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever
and ever. Amen.
Psalm 102:1-12
(BCP 731)
1 LORD,
hear my prayer, and let my cry come before you; *
hide not your face from me in the day of my
trouble.
2 Incline
your ear to me; *
when I call, make haste to answer me,
3 For
my days drift away like smoke, *
and my bones are hot as burning coals.
4 My
heart is smitten like grass and withered, *
so that I forget to eat my bread.
5 Because
of the voice of my groaning *
I am but skin and bones.
6 I
have become like a vulture in the wilderness, *
like an owl among the ruins.
7 I
lie awake and groan; *
I am like a sparrow, lonely on a house-top.
8 My
enemies revile me all day long, *
and those who scoff at me have taken an
oath against me.
9 For
I have eaten ashes for bread *
and mingled my drink with weeping.
10 Because
of your indignation and wrath *
you have lifted me up and thrown me away.
11 My
days pass away like a shadow, *
and I wither like the grass.
12 But
you, O LORD, endure for ever, *
and your Name from age to age.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit: as
it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
A
reading from the Gospel of Mark
12 On the
first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his
disciples said to him, ‘Where do you want us to go and make the preparations
for you to eat the Passover?’ 13 So he sent two of his disciples, saying to
them, ‘Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you;
follow him, 14 and wherever he enters, say to the owner of
the house, “The Teacher asks, Where is my guest room where I may eat the
Passover with my disciples?” 15 He will show you a large room upstairs,
furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.’ 16 So the disciples set out and went to the
city, and found everything as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover
meal.
17 When it was evening, he came
with the twelve. 18 And when they had taken their places and
were eating, Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, one who
is eating with me.’ 19 They began to be distressed and to say to
him one after another, ‘Surely, not I?’ 20 He said to them, ‘It is one of the twelve,
one who is dipping bread[a] into the
bowl with me. 21 For the Son of Man goes as it is written of
him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been
better for that one not to have been born.’
22 While they
were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave
it to them, and said, ‘Take; this is my body.’ 23 Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks
he gave it to them, and all of them drank from it. 24 He said to them, ‘This is my blood of the covenant,
which is poured out for many. 25 Truly I tell you, I will never again drink
of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of
God.’
The Word of the Lord
People Thanks be
to God.
The Lord be with You
And also with you
Let us pray
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, for ever and ever. Amen. Grant Almighty God, that the words which we have heard this day with our outward ears,
may, through your grace, be so grafted inwardly in our hearts,
that they may bring forth in us the
fruit of good living, to the honor and
praise of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let
us bless the Lord
Thanks be to God |
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