Pioneer and Perfecter of our faith –
May we look to You…
enduring the cross for the sake of the joy set before You…
disregarding the cross’ shame and taking Your seat at God’s right hand…
enduring hostility from sinners.
May we look to You, so we lay aside every weight and sin that clings and run with perseverance the race set before us.
Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, may we look to You, so we do not grow weary nor lose heart.
Amen.
(Additional Revised Common Lectionary texts for Wednesday of Holy Week include Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 70, and John 13:21-32.)