Daily Prayers for Holy Week
From Common Prayer for Children and Families by Jenifer Gamber and Timothy JS Seamans Church Publishing, 2020.
Palm Sunday
Praise God, praise God, praise God we say,
welcoming Jesus along the way.
Waving our branches of palms we say,
hosanna, hosanna along the way.
Welcome to Jesus, our blessed king.
Praise God, praise God, praise God we sing.
Amen.
Monday of Holy Week
Walk with me, Jesus, walk with me.
The way isn’t always easy, you see.
But your love, it reaches up to the sky,
and carries me, so that I can try.
The way isn’t always easy, you see.
Walk with me, Jesus, walk with me.
Amen.
Tuesday of Holy Week
I will follow you, Jesus, by following love,
and earth will grow closer to heaven above.
When we serve others and do good deeds,
when we show people kindness
and care for their needs,
earth will grow closer to heaven above
when we follow you, Jesus, when we follow love.
Amen.
Wednesday of Holy Week
The light of Christ glows in me and in others,
and in the family of God all are sisters and brothers.
It’s a light you must see with your heart to believe.
It’s a light you can share, you can give and receive.
In the family of God we are sisters and brothers,
and the light of Christ shines in me and in others.
Amen.
Maundy Thursday
A new commandment, you gave at the table,
to love one another as you made us able.
When we love one another, all will know it is true
that we and our friends, indeed, follow you.
So let us remember the commandment to love
so the world becomes more like heaven above.
Amen.
Good Friday
When Jesus died that day on the cross
all creation together sighed, “This is a great loss.”
Time grew empty and the afternoon dark
as the light of the world had not even a spark.
The women stood by at a distance in tears
wondering what would become of their fears.
Fear not, the angels soon will say.
Jesus’s death has given us the way.
Amen.
Holy Saturday
We speak few words this day that is hollow,
this day that sighs with one great sorrow.
We sit in the garden next to the tomb
knowing that soon it will be a womb.
Amen.
Easter Vigil
Alleluia! Alleluia! We sing this night,
joining heaven and earth that rejoice with delight.
Jesus, our Lord, is risen today.
God’s love and light is here to stay.
Joining heaven and earth that rejoice with delight,
Alleluia! Alleluia! We sing this night.
Amen.
