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Easter Sunday Prayers for the World

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It was on Easter Sunday and all in the morning

Our Savior arose and our Heavenly King

The sun and the moon they did both rise with Him

And sweet Jesus we’ll call him by name.

(This is the last verse of an English carol that starts with “It was on Christmas Day….”)
I love the image of the sun and the moon rising with Jesus.

 

Easter Day Template .pdf                                 Easter Day Template. jpg

 

Here are the lectionary readings for Easter day:
Acts 10:34-43
Jeremiah 31:1-6
Psalm 118: 1-2, 14-24
Colossians 3:1-4
Acts 10:34-43
John 20:1-18
Matthew 28:1-10

Good Friday Prayers for the World

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It was on Good Friday and all in the morning

They crucified our Savior and our Heavenly King

And was not this a woeful thing

And sweet Jesus we’ll call him by name

These words are from a traditional English carol called And All in the Morning.
(If you receive these blog posts in an email, you might have to go to the blog site to hear the song.)

Griefs, sorrows, questions, queries, beliefs, unbeliefs, petitions, wails, wows, gratitudes, grudges, pains, pleasures, satisfactions, sufferings—place them all around the cross.  Use words, doodles, strokes of the pen, dots, dashes, color….

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Here are the lectionary readings for the day:
Isaiah 52: 13-53:12
Psalm 22
Hebrews 10: 16-25
John 18: 1-19:42

Holy Wednesday Prayers for the World

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It was on Holy Wednesday and all in the morning

That Judas betrayed our dear Heavenly King

And was not this a woeful thing

And sweet Jesus we’ll call him by name.

These words are from a traditional English carol called And All in the Morning. I have sung this song and danced it in a church setting. Today I use it to combine prayers for Holy Week and the world with the Gospel of the day. The recording above is my husband Andy and I singing this morning–before a cup of coffee.

Below is the template I’ll use for this Holy Wednesday prayer. Based on the first line of today’s Gospel reading from John 13: 21-32,  those funny things in the middle of the circle are supposed to be lips  “After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, ‘Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.'” It is often with our mouths and our lips that we betray. Judas betrays with a kiss. I will keep this reading in mind today as I write words and doodle and think about our connection with the world. I’ll post the template HERE.

You can use the template above or trace around a plate, draw shapes or lines, add words, names, or snippets of the Scripture readings and make this your Holy Wednesday prayer.

Here are the lectionary readings for the day:
Isaiah 50: 4-9a
Psalm 70
Hebrews 12: 1-3
John 13: 21-32