Wednesday, April 01, 2026
Wednesday 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
75; 76
First Lesson
Exodus 39 or 39:1–14, 27–43
Second Lesson
Mark 1:32–45
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
79; 82
First Lesson
Proverbs 30 or 30:1–9, 15–33
Second Lesson
I Timothy 4
Collects
Seasonal Collect
Assist us mercifully with your grace, Lord God of our salvation, that we may enter with joy upon the meditation of those mighty acts by which you have promised us life and immortality; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Special Collect
Almighty and everlasting God, you kindled the flame of your love in the heart of your servant N. to manifest your compassion and mercy to the poor and the persecuted: Grant to us, your humble servants, a like faith and power of love, that we who give thanks for his righteous zeal may profit by his example; 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
Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest and Renewer of Society, 1872