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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Monday Of Holy Week


Monday in Holy Week
March 25, 2013

Today, we continue tracing the footsteps of Jesus, as Monday morning he returned with his disciples to Jerusalem. Along the way, Jesus cursed a fig tree because it had failed to bear fruit. Some scholars believe this cursing of the fig tree represented God's judgment on the spiritually dead religious leaders of Israel. Others believe the symbolism extended to all believers, demonstrating that genuine, living faith is more than just outward religiosity. True faith must bear spiritual fruit in a person's life.
When Jesus arrived at the Temple he found the courts full of corrupt money changers. He began overturning their tables and clearing the Temple, saying, "The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves." (Luke 19:46)
On Monday evening Jesus stayed in Bethany again, probably in the home of his friends, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.

READINGS
Click on Scripture Lessons below for study links and resources for each individual pericope:
Isaiah 42:1-9Roman Catholic reading: Isaiah 42:1-7
Psalm 36:5-11
Roman Catholic reading: Psalm 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14
Reading and Studying the Text This Week

OnLine Worship and Liturgy Resources

  • Resources and Images on The Text This Week's Holy Week Resources page.
  • Lent and Easter links at Rev. Richard J. Fairchild's A Holy Easter.
  • Complete Liturgies and General Worship Planning Resources:
    • LCA Worship Resources, Holy Week Monday, includes liturgy, hymn suggestions, notes on the readings, visuals, drama, "Talking with Children," etc. Lutheran Church of Australia.
    • Liturgies Online, Holy Week Monday, by Rev Moira Laidlaw, Uniting Church in Australia.
  • Prayers, Prefaces, Litanies, etc:
    • Laughing Bird Liturgical Resources by Nathan Nettleton, South Yarra Community Baptist Church, Melbourne, Australia. Prayers, blessings, Eucharistic prefaces and scripture paraphrases.
    • Prayers of the People, Monday in Holy Week. General intercessions for Sundays and Feasts, by Ormonde Plater, Archdeacon of the [Anglican/Episcopal] Diocese of Louisiana.
    • Thematic, Intercessory and Scripture Prayers for the RCL: Year AYear BYear C, Vanderbilt Divinity Library.
  • Graphics and Bulletin Materials:
    • Art in the Christian Tradition, Year AYear BYear C, Jean and Alexander Heard, Vanderbilt Divinity Library. Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License.
    • Images for this week's readings, Year B, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
    • Scripture Introduction for Bulletin Insert, Holy Week Monday, 2010, Rev. John Shearman, Oakville, ON, Canada.
  • Hymns and Music:
  • With Children:
    • Lectionary Puzzles, Holy Week Monday. Word search puzzles in RTF or plain text, by Reg McMillan, St.Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Peterborough, Ontario.
  • A list of links to other lectionary-based preaching and worship resources.


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