Prayer and Acknowledgement
HOLY WEEK PRAYERS
Palm Sunday Prayer
Matthew 21:1-11; Psa 118:1-2; Psa 118:19-29
Lord God,I give you thanks, for you are good, and your mercy is endless.
Here I stand, at the start of this holy week,
This week in which your church remembers Jesus’ passion and death,
And I am distracted by many things.
Turn my eyes now to the One who comes in your name
The one who opens the gates of righteousness
The one who answers when we call.
I bless you, Lord, for shining your light upon me,
And for sending your son to us, in human frailty.
To walk the road we walk. Open my eyes that I may see him coming,
And may praise him with a pure heart.
And may walk in the way of his suffering, And share also 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.
Thursday (Maundy Thursday)
Lord God,
You sent your Son into the world,
And before his hour had come, He washed his disciples’ feet.
You had given all things into his hands.
He had come from you, and was going to you, And what did he do?
He knelt down on the floor, And washed his friends’ feet.
He was their teacher and their Lord, Yet he washed their feet.
Lord God, help us learn from his example;
Help us to do as he has done for us.
The world will know we are his disciples If we love one another.
Strengthen our hands and our wills for love and for service.
Keep before our eyes the image of your Son, who, being God,
became a Servant for our sake.
All glory be to him who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever.
Amen
Friday (Good Friday)
John 18:1-40, John 19:1-42; Isaiah 52:13-15; Isaiah 53:1-12; Hebrews 10:16-25; Psa 22
Lord God,
Jesus cried out to you on the cross, “Why have you forsaken me?”
You seemed so far from his cry And from his distress.
Those who stood at the foot of the cross Wondered where you were,
As they saw Jesus mocked and shamed and killed.
Where were you then?
Lord God, We, too, ask where you are,
When there is trouble and suffering and death, And we cry out to you for help.
Be near to us, and save usSo that we may praise you for your deliverance.
Lord God, We wait, on Friday, for the resurrection of Sunday And
sometimes our lives seem a succession of Fridays And we cannot see what is “Good.”
Teach us to call your name As Jesus did.
Make us to trust in you like little children.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
Saturday (Holy Saturday)
Matthew 17:1-6; Lamentations 3:1-9, Lamentations 3:19-24
Lord God,
On the Sabbath, Jesus rested.
He was in the grave.
He had finished his work.
To most people’s eyes, It looked as if it were all over.
He was dead and buried.
But only as a seed dies when it is planted in the earth,
Not to decay, but to spring to new life.
Teach us to take refuge in you when we are afraid.
Teach us that death is not our end
Teach us to hope always in you And in the resurrection,
the making of all thingsNew.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen.
Sunday - (Easter/Resurrection Sunday)
Matthew 28; Revelation 5:11-14; Psa 118:1-2; Psa 118:14-24
Lord God,
You loved this world so much,
That you gave your one and only Son,
That we might be called your children too.
Lord, help us to live in the gladness and
grace Of Easter Sunday, everyday.
Let us have hearts of thankfulness For your sacrifice.
Let us have eyes that look upon Your grace and
rejoice in our salvation. Help us to walk in that mighty grace And
tell your good news to the world.
All for your glory do we pray, Lord,
Amen.
Acknowledgment of Country
St. Brendan's Primary School acknowledges and
pays respect to the Yorta Yorta Nation,
as the original ongoing custodians of
the land we meet on.
We commit ourselves to actively working alongside
Aboriginal people for reconciliation and justice.
