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EVENING
PRAYER
for Holy
Wednesday
Vespers
(Lutheran
Book of Worship, page 142)
The Service of Light is omitted during Holy Week.
O
God, come to my assistance.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
The Gloria Patri is omitted during Holy Week.
Let my prayer rise before you as
incense;
the
lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
O Lord, I call to you; come to me
quickly;
hear
my voice when I cry to you.
the
lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Set a watch before my mouth, O Lord,
and
guard the door of my lips.
Let not my heart incline to any evil
thing;
let
me not be occupied in wickedness with evildoers.
But my eyes are turned to you, Lord
God;
in
you I take refuge. Strip me not of my life.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the
beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Let my prayer rise before you as
incense;
the
lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Silence for meditation.
Let the
incense of our repentant prayer ascend before you, O Lord, and let your
lovingkindness descend upon us, that with purified minds we may sing your
praises with the Church on earth and the whole heavenly host, and may glorify
you forever and ever.
Amen
Psalm 70
Antiphon:
Christ
has humbled himself and become obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
1 Be pleased, O God,
to de- | liver me;*
O Lord, make | haste to help me.
2 Let those who seek
my life
be
ashamed and altogeth- | er dismayed;*
let those who take pleasure in
my misfortune
draw back and be disgraced.
3 Let those who say
to me "Aha!" and gloat over | me turn back,*
because they | are ashamed.
4 Let all who seek
you rejoice and be | glad in you;*
let those who love your salvation
say forever,
"Great | is the Lord!"
5 But as for me, I
am | poor and needy;*
come to me speedi- | ly, O God.
6 You are my helper
and | my deliverer;*
O Lord, | do not tarry.
Antiphon:
Christ
has humbled himself and become obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
The psalm prayers are omitted in Holy Week.
Hymn Lord, Keep Us Steadfast In Your Word LBW 230
1 Lord, keep us
steadfast in your word;
curb those who by
deceit or sword
would wrest the
kingdom from your Son
and bring to naught
all he has done.
2 Lord Jesus Christ,
your pow'r make known,
for you are Lord of
lords alone;
defend your holy
church, that we
may sing your praise
eternally.
3 O Comforter of
priceless worth,
send peace and unity
on earth;
support us in our
final strife
and lead us out of
death to life.
Text: Martin Luther, 1483-1546; tr.
Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878, alt.
READING John 13:21-32
After
saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and
testified, “Truly,
truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” The
disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was
reclining at table at Jesus' side, so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was
speaking. So that
disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?” Jesus answered, “It
is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to
Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into
him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do,
do quickly.” Now no
one at the table knew why he said this to him. Some thought that, because Judas had the
moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that
he should give something to the poor. So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went
out. And it was night.
When he had gone out, Jesus
said, “Now
is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him
at once.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Response
In many
and various ways
God
spoke to his people of old by the prophets.
But now in these last days he has spoken to
us by his Son.
The GOSPEL CANTICLE is sung.
Antiphon:
Glory to
the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
our salvation, life, and resurrection.
My
soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my
Savior,
for he has looked with favor on
his lowly servant.
From this day all generations
will call me blessed.
The Almighty has
done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
He has mercy on
those who fear him
in every
generation.
He has shown the strength of his
arm;
he has scattered the proud in
their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from
their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with
good things,
and the rich he has sent away
empty.
He has come to the help of his
servant Israel,
for he has remembered his
promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our
fathers,
to Abraham and his children
forever.
Glory to the Father, and to the
Son,
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be
forever. Amen
Antiphon:
Glory to
the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
our salvation, life, and resurrection.
Litany of the Passion
Lord,
have mercy. Lord,
have mercy.
Christ,
have mercy. Christ,
have mercy.
Lord,
have mercy. Lord,
have mercy.
O
Christ, hear us. In
mercy hear us.
God,
the Father in heaven, have
mercy on us.
God
the Son, redeemer of the world: have
mercy on us.
God
the Holy Spirit, have
mercy on us.
Holy
Trinity, one God: have
mercy on us.
From
all evil: Jesus,
deliver us.
From
an unprepared or evil death: Jesus,
deliver us.
From
the snares of the devil: Jesus,
deliver us.
From
anger, hatred, or ill-will: Jesus,
deliver us.
From
everlasting death: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the mystery of your incarnation: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your holy life and conversation: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your suffering and death: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your agony and bloody sweat: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your thrice-repeated prayer: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your bonds and stripes: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your body buffeted and smitten: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your shame and spitting: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the false judgment of Caiaphas: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the mocking of Herod: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the washing of the hands of Pilate: Jesus, deliver us.
By
the stripping of your garments: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the crown of thorns: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the purple robe of mockery: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your unjust condemnation: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the bearing of your own cross: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your way to the Place of the Skull: Jesus, deliver us.
By
the dividing of your robe: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the cruel straining of your limbs: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your crucifixion: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the upraising of your cross: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the anguish you suffered: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your prayers and tears: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the insults you endured: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your bitter thirst: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the shedding of your blood: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
your patience and humility: Jesus,
deliver us.
By
the love by which you loved us to the end: Jesus, deliver us.
O
Christ, hear us: In
mercy, hear us.
That
being dead to sin, we might live to righteousness:
We
implore you to hear us, good Lord.
That
we may not glory save in your cross:
We implore you to
hear us, good Lord.
That
we may take our cross daily and follow you:
We
implore you to hear us, good Lord.
That
we may follow in your steps:
We
implore you to hear us, good Lord.
That
being participants in your sufferings, we may share in your glory: We
implore you to hear us, good Lord.
Lamb
of God, you take away the sin of the world:
Have mercy on us.
Lamb
of God, you take away the sin of the world:
Have mercy on us.
Lamb
of God, you take away the sin of the world:
Grant us peace.
O
Christ, hear us. In
mercy hear us.
Lord,
have mercy. Lord,
have mercy.
Christ,
have mercy. Christ,
have mercy.
Lord,
have mercy. Lord,
have mercy.
Herbert Lindemann,
The Daily Office, alt.
Gracious Jesus, our Lord and our God, who at the sixth hour bore our sins in your own body on the tree so that we, being dead to sin, might live unto righteousness: Have mercy upon us now and at the hour of our death, and grant to us, your servants, with all others who devoutly remember your blessed Passion, a holy and peaceful life in this world and, through your grace, eternal glory in the life to come; where, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, you live and reign, God forever. Amen
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy
name,
thy kingdom
come,
thy will be
done,
on
earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily
bread;
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive
those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us
from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory,
forever and
ever. Amen
Let us
bless the Lord.
Thanks
be to God.
