Spend two minutes each day of Holy Week in prayer, reflecting on the reality of your sin and finding hope and comfort in Christ’s Passion and resurrection for you.
All prayers are from the Lutheran Book of Prayer (St. Louis: Concordia, 2005).
They can be downloaded as a PDF here.
Here is a sample of the prayer for today, Palm Sunday:
Lord Jesus, King of kings, today again I praise You with my hosannas and welcome You as the King of my heart. Enter in and take full possession of me, body, heart, mind, and soul. As thousands and ten thousands today vow faithfulness to You until death, acknowledging that they have no other Savior, grant that I, too, join this great host of faithful people to realize both the enormity and bitterness of my sin as well as the course of plenteous redemption to which You committed Yourself.
I confess, gracious Savior, that I have not been as true to You as You have been to me. Other interests have placed themselves above You in my thoughts. Have mercy upon me, and forgive me my transgressions. Sprinkle me with Your blood and wash me clean from the stain of my sin. Strengthen my heart with the assurance of my adoption and transform me according to Your image by the daily renewing of my Baptism. Preserve me in the faith until the end of days, that I may behold You in glory forevermore. Hear my cry, King of my heart and Savior of my soul. Amen.
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