It Is Well with My Soul: The Sacred Roots Annual 2022-2023

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T he O bservance of H oly W eek

T uesday of H oly W eek April 4, 2023

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Holy Week recalls the events of our Lord’s suffering and death. We recall his triumphant entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, his giving of the commandments on Maundy Thursday, his crucifixion and burial on Good Friday, and the solemn vigil of Saturday night before Easter Sunday.

TODAY’S THEME But If It Dies, John 12.20-36

As the time of Jesus’s departure drew near, some Greeks came to worship at the Feast of Passover, and desired to see Jesus. Jesus affirmed that his hour had finally come to be glorified, and said that unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He proclaimed that all who loved their lives would lose them, and those who hated their lives in this world would keep them. He said that when he was lifted up from the earth, he would draw all men to himself.

D aily D evotional G uide P reparing O ur H earts Invocation: Our Prayer of Acclamation

Assist us, mercifully and kindly with your great help, O God, to yield our lives to you without condition, even unto death, in order that, like your Son, our lives might yield to you a harvest of blessing and souls. For the sake of Christ, amen.