Holy Week Readings

 Whether in common prayer or private devotions, the basis for a good Week before Easter, generally called Holy Week, is reading and reflecting on Holy Scripture. Traditional Books of Common Prayer provide daily Epistles and readings from the Passion Gospels. The readings for the Daily Office from the 1943 lectionary in the 1928 BCP focus on the Gospel of John, chapters 14-19.  For easy reference, here is a list for Morning and Evening Prayer.

MORNING-

Mon. before Easter                Ps, 71    Isa. 42:1–7 John 14:1–14

Tues. before Easter                Ps. 6, 12   Hosea 14 John 15:1–16

Wed. before Easter                Ps. 94     Zech. 12:9-10 & 13:1, 7–9  John 16:1–15

Maundy Thursday                  Ps. 116   Jer. 31:31–34 John 13:18

GOOD FRIDAY                    Pss. 22, 40:1–16, 54   Gen. 22:1–18 or Wisdom 2:1, 12–24  John 18

Easter Even                            Pss. 14, 16    Job 14:1–14 John 19:38 or Heb. 4

EVENING- 

Mon. before Easter                Pss. 42, 43        Lam. 1:7–12 John 14:15

Tues. before Easter                Ps. 51      Lam. 2:10, 13–19 John 15:17

Wed. before Easter                Ps. 74    Lam. 3:1, 14–33 John 16:16

Maundy Thursday                 Pss. 142, 143   Lam. 3:40-58 John 17

GOOD FRIDAY                    Pss. 69:1–22 & 88     Isa. 52:13–53:12   1 Pet. 2:11

Easter Even                            Ps. 27       Job 19:21–27a     Rom. 6:3–11