Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Tuesday of Holy Week
Morning Prayer
Opening Sentence
Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the Lord inflicted on the day of his fierce anger. lamentations 1:12
Antiphon
The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: * O come, let us adore him.
Psalms
74
First Lesson
Exod 38 † 1-23
Second Lesson
Mark 1:14-31
Evening Prayer
Opening Sentence
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. isaiah 53:6
Psalms
77
First Lesson
Prov 29
Second Lesson
1 Tim 3
Collects
Seasonal Collect
O Lord our God, whose blessed Son gave his back to be whipped and did not hide his face from shame and spitting: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Special Collect
O God, our heavenly Father, you raised up your faithful servant N. to be a [Bishop and] pastor in your Church and to feed your flock: Give abundantly to all pastors the gifts of your Holy Spirit, that they may minister in your household as true servants of Christ and stewards of your divine mysteries; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Seasonal Blessing
Almighty God, we beseech you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the Cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Remembrance
John Donne, Priest and Poet, 1631