Our rock and our redeemer,
To you our ever present help in all things,
To you we pray.
In your truth and wisdom,
Please add a blessing to this worship time,
And to our understanding of a week long ago
in the life of Jesus, your Son.
Amen.

Scripture
John 13:21-30

After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, ‘Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.’ The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he was speaking. One of his disciples—the one whom Jesus loved—was reclining next to him; Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking. So while reclining next to Jesus, he asked him, ‘Lord, who is it?’ Jesus answered, ‘It is the one to whom I give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.’ So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot. After he received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, ‘Do quickly what you are going to do.’ Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. Some thought that, because Judas had the common purse, Jesus was telling him, ‘Buy what we need for the festival’; or, that he should give something to the poor. So, after receiving the piece of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.

Prayer

Draw us, Lord, toward your way of self-giving love as we love one another. Draw us away from all this is not love—greed, fear, anxiety and death. In this holiest of weeks, draw us toward you and away from all that distracts us from you that we might be prepared for new life in your resurrection. Amen.

Benediction

Believe in God’s love. Take time to know this love and find ways to share it each day. Amen.