L Holy God, holy and most gracious Father,
C have mercy and hear us.
C 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.
C I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Christian Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life T everlasting. Amen.
Reading Matthew 21:12–17
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
12And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 13He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, 16and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read,
“‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies
you have prepared praise’?”
17And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
L Show us Your steadfast love, O Lord,
C and grant us Your salvation.
L Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness;
C and let Your saints shout for joy.
L Lord, keep this nation under Your care,
C and guide us in the way of justice and truth.
L Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
C for You judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon the earth.
L Let the peoples praise You, O God;
C let all the peoples praise You!
L For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
C and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
L Create in me a clean heart, O God,
C and renew a right spirit within me.
L Hear my prayer, O Lord;
C let my cry come to You.
L Let us pray.
Almighty God, grant that in the midst of our failures and weaknesses we may be restored through the passion and intercession of Your only-begotten Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C Amen.
L Gracious Jesus, our Lord and our God, at this hour You 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, one God, now and forever.
C Amen.
L Let us bless the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
L The Lord bless us, defend us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
C Amen.
Hymn: 438 A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth st. 1
Tune: Public domain
Text: © 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110003709
Acknowledgments
Responsive Prayer 1 from Lutheran Service Book
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