Apprentice 2 Jesus

Holy Week

  • Prayer for Maundy Thursday

    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… Read more

  • Ignorance of the Word

    Reading for Today: Psalm 55, 74 Lam 2:1-9 2 Cor. 1:23-2:11 Mark 12:1-11 In his march to the Cross, Jesus goes straight at the religious leaders. When spiritual authority is gone, all that is left is theological wordplay, manipulation, and outright intimidation. It still happens today. Read more

  • When spiritual authority is lost

    Reading for today: Psalm 6, 12, 94 Lam. 1:17-22 2 Cor. 1:8-22 Mark 11:27-33 The closer Jesus gets to the work of the cross, the more the spiritual leaders press to trap Jesus. They sense their power base fading and they are desperate.  Read more

  • Heal us of our blindness

    Reading for today: Psalm 51; 69:1-23 Lam. 1:1-12 2 Cor. 1:1-7 Mark 11:12-25 Lam. 1:5 Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. The Lord has brought her grief because of her many sins… Prayer: Lord, we are blind and our blindness is simply stunning. All the advantages have been afforded us… Read more

  • The King Comes Into His House

    Reading for Today: Psalm 24, 29, 103 Zech. 9:9-12; 12:9-13:9 1 Tim. 6:12-16 Luke 19:41-48 We celebrate Palm Sunday. We enter into Holy Week. Oh… and the King has entered his house and isn’t really all that happy.  Read more

  • A prayer for the church on Palm Sunday

    Gracious Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in any thing it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in want, provide for… Read more

  • This Day the Revolution Began

    “The New Testament insists, in book after book, that when Jesus of Nazareth died on the cross, something happened as a result of which the world is a different place…”  Read more

  • Holy Week — The Surrender

    I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. (John 17:4-5, NIV) Read more

  • Holy Week — What sums it all up?

    As we are looking at the climax to the Gospels, as Jesus is moving with incredible purpose toward the arrest, the suffering, and the crucifixion, what are the things he would say to keep preparing his disciples?  Read more

  • What do you think you’re doing?

    Through Holy Week I have been meditating daily on Scripture through the Book of Common Prayer. There will be some psalms every day, an Old Testament reading, a New Testament reading, and a Gospel reading. Today, the reading from Jeremiah 17 exploded into my foggy brain.  Read more