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Holy Monday
April 2
See a suggested service appropriate to Holy Week, created by the editor from the Taize tradition here.
Scripture (from the Revised Common Lectionary, with links provided by TextWeek.com – a source for thoughtful worship and preaching throughout the year):
Click on Scripture Lessons below for study links and resources for each individual pericope:
Isaiah 42:1-9
Roman Catholic reading: Isaiah 42:1-7
Psalm 36:5-11
Roman Catholic reading: Psalm 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14
Suggested Hymns from Chalice Hymnal
Hymn of Praise: 66, 543
Dismissal/Missional Hymn: 200
More hymn suggestions, as well as helpful references for use of the arts in worship, are available from the United Church of Christ website.
Litany (from Common Worship)
Let us come to him who died that we might live and who intercedes for ever before the Father, saying: we praise you, Lamb of God.
All: we praise you, Lamb of God.
Lord Jesus, you embraced the cross that we might learn to give our lives for the sake of love: All: we praise you, Lamb of God.
Innocent captive, you submitted to the judgment of sinners:
All: we praise you, Lamb of God.
In the hour of death you heard the penitent thief and opened to him the door of paradise:
All: we praise you, Lamb of God.
Most merciful Savior, you have known the pain of abandonment:
All: we praise you, Lamb of God.
Lord, you loved the Church and gave up your own self for her:
All: we praise you, Lamb of God.
Through your blood you have brought to all people the crown of life:
All: we praise you, Lamb of God.
Dismissal (created or adapted by the editor)
Go forth in confidence, for his chastisement is your peace, and by his stripes you are healed.
RESOURCES from COMMON WORSHIP
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
who in your tender love towards the human race
sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
to take upon him our flesh
and to suffer death upon the cross:
grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility,
and also be made partakers of his resurrection;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Post Communion
Lord Jesus Christ,
you humbled yourself in taking the form of a servant,
and in obedience died on the cross for our salvation:
give us the mind to follow you
and to proclaim you as Lord and King,
to the glory of God the Father.
Alternative Collect
True and humble king,
hailed by the crowd as Messiah:
grant us the faith to know you and love you,
that we may be found beside you
on the way of the cross,
which is the path of glory.
Common Worship Almanac and Lectionary for the year beginning Advent Sunday 2011. Compiled by Simon Kershaw October 2011 from the Common Worship Calendar and Lectionaries using Almanac Maker; compilation © Simon Kershaw 2011; Almanac Maker © Simon Kershaw 2010. The Revised Common Lectionary is copyright © the Consultation on Common Texts 1992. The Daily Eucharistic Lectionary is adapted from the Ordo Lectionum Missae of the Roman Catholic Church reproduced by permission of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy. Adaptations and additions to the RCL and the DEL, together with Second and Third Service lectionaries and the Weekday Lectionary for Morning and Evening Prayer are copyright © the Archbishops’ Council 1997-2010. Version 2012-1.2 30 October 2011. http://almanac.oremus.org/lectionary
Resources from the Jubilee Fund: This stewardship ministry serving the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) offers weekly emails, archived here, for each Sunday’s service.
You may also want to visit Worship Connection at MinistryMatters.com, which offers numerous helps, including electronic versions of print resources for worship and preaching planning.
Intercessions and other helpful planning materials geared to the Lectionary (using Roman Catholic version, but normally quite useful for all traditions) for preaching and worship are supplied for several weeks in advance at The Sunday Website of St. Louis University.
Liturgies created by Moira Laidlaw (Uniting Church in Australia) as a part of her doctoral dissertation are often helpful. Read more here.
