The Daily Office | 4.13.16

We are in  the sixth week of Lent (or Holy Week), the season in the church calendar in which we prepare for the death of Christ on Good Friday and His Resurrection on Easter Sunday. Lent is a season marked by repentance, prayer, and fasting as we prepare our hearts for the Easter celebration to come.

This prayer (or Collect) and these scriptures are taken from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer.

Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Daily Office Scripture Readings | Week 6 of Lent (Holy Week):

Palm Sunday, April 13
Psalm 24, 29, Psalm 103
Zech. 9:9-12 or Zech. 12:9-11, 13:1, 7-9, 1 Tim. 6:12-16, Luke 19:41-48

Monday,  April 14
Psalm 51:1-18(19-20), Psalm 69:1-23
Lam. 1:1-2, 6-12, 2 Cor. 1:1-7, Mark 11:12-25

Tuesday,  April 15
Psalm 6,12, Psalm 94
Lam. 1:17-22, 2 Cor. 1:8-22, Mark 11:27-33

Wednesday, April 16
Psalm 55, Psalm 74
Lam. 2:1-9, 14-17, 2 Cor. 1:23-2:11, Mark 12:1-11

Maundy Thursday, April 17
Psalm 102, Psalm 142, 143
Lam. 2:10-18, 1 Cor. 10:14-17, 11:27-32, Mark 14:12-25

Good Friday, April 18
Psalm 95 & 22, Psalm 40:1-14 (15-19), 54
Lam. 3:1-9,19-33, 1 Peter 1:10-20, John 13:36-38 or John 19:38-42

Holy Saturday, April 19
Psalm 95 & 88, Psalm 27
Lam. 3:37-58, Heb. 4:1-16, Rom. 8:1-11