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GOOD FRIDAY

Good Friday is the most solemn day of the church year. Elements of the liturgy for this day date from the fourth century, and are based on practices that were observed during Holy Week at various holy sites in Jerusalem.

Good Friday is part of the Paschal Triduum, the series of observances that begins with Maundy Thursday, continues today and Holy Saturday, and culminates with the Great Vigil and the celebration of the Lord’s resurrection.

The services for these days are intrinsically connected to one another, and constitute a single, extended observance that bears witness to the power of God’s love.

Good Friday Offering

The history of the Good Friday Offering reaches back to 1922 when, in the aftermath of World War I, The Episcopal Church sought to create new relationships with, and among, the Christians of the Middle East. From these initial efforts, which focused on a combination of relief work and the improvement of ecumenical and Anglican relations, the Good Friday Offering was created.

Through the years, many Episcopalians have found the Good Friday Offering to be an effective way to express their support for the ministries of the four dioceses of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Pastoral care, education and health care continue to be primary ministries through which the reconciling spirit of the Christian faith serves all in need. Participation in this ministry is welcome. The generous donations of Episcopalians help the Christian presence in the Land of the Holy One to be a vital and effective force for peace and understanding among all of God’s children.

Good Friday

The service begins on page 276 of The Book of Common Prayer.

Clergy enter in silence, all standing.

All kneel for a time of silent prayer.

The Opening Acclamation and Collect for Good Friday (kneeling)

Celebrant Blessed be our God.

People For ever and ever. Amen.

Celebrant Let us pray.

Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The First Lesson (seated)

Isaiah 52:13-53:12

See, my servant shall prosper; he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. Just as there were many who were astonished at him-so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of mortals-so he shall startle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which had not been told them they shall see, and that which they had not heard they shall contemplate. Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we held him of no account. Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By a perversion of justice he was taken away. Who could have

imagined his future? For he was cut off from the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people. They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him with pain. When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days; through him the will of the LORD shall prosper. Out of his anguish he shall see light; he shall find satisfaction through his knowledge. The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Lector The Word of the Lord.

People Thanks be to God.

Opening Song: “Psalm 22 (My God, Why Have Your Forsaken Me?)” (seated, sung by the Band)

My God, my God

Why have you forsaken me?

And are so far from my cries of distress?

My God, my God

You don’t answer me

Day and night I cry but I find no rest

Yet you, you are the Holy One

Enthroned on the praise of your people

We hope in the trust of our forefathers

We cry out, “Deliver us!”

But as for me

I’m a worm and no man

Scorned by all and despised by the people

All who see me laugh

Scornful lips, they say “If he trusts in the Lord let him rescue him.”

Yet you, you were my God when I was still in the womb with my mother

I’ve been entrusted to you ever since the day I was born

Don’t be far from me

For trouble is near

There are none to help

Don’t be far from me

The Second Lesson (seated) Hebrews 10:16-25

The Holy Spirit testifies saying, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds,” he also adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Lector The Word of the Lord.

People Thanks be to God.

The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to John Luke 18:1-19:42

Narrator Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his disciples. So Judas brought a detachment of soldiers together with police from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and they came there with lanterns and torches and weapons. Then Jesus, knowing all that was to happen to him, came forward and asked them, Jesus “Whom are you looking for?”

Narrator They answered, 1st Reader “Jesus of Nazareth.”

Narrator Jesus replied,

Jesus “I am he.”

Narrator Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they stepped back and fell to the ground. Again he asked them, Jesus “Whom are you looking for?”

Narrator And they said, 1st Reader “Jesus of Nazareth.”

Narrator Jesus answered, Jesus “I told you that I am he. So if you are looking for me, let these men go.”

Narrator This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken, Jesus “I did not lose a single one of those whom you gave me.”

Narrator Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear. The slave’s name was Malchus. Jesus said to Peter, Jesus “Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?”

Narrator So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish police arrested Jesus and bound him. First they took him to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was better to have one person die for the people. Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, but Peter was standing outside at the gate. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the woman who guarded the gate, and brought Peter in. The woman said to Peter,

2nd Reader “You are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?”

Narrator Peter said,

1st Reader “I am not.”

Narrator Now the slaves and the police had made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were standing around it and warming themselves. Peter also was standing with them and warming himself. Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. Jesus answered, Jesus “I have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret. Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said to them; they know what I said.”

Narrator When he had said this, one of the police standing nearby struck Jesus on the face, saying,

2nd Reader “Is that how you answer the high priest?”

Narrator Jesus answered, Jesus “If I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong. But if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?”

Narrator Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They asked him, 2nd Reader “You are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?”

Narrator Peter denied it and said,

1st Reader “I am not.”

Narrator One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, 2nd Reader “Did I not see you in the garden with him?”

Narrator Again Peter denied it, and at that moment the cock crowed. Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate’s headquarters. It was early in the morning. They themselves did not enter the headquarters, so as to avoid ritual defilement and to be able to eat the Passover. So Pilate went out to them and said,

1st Reader “What accusation do you bring against this man?”

Narrator They answered, 2nd Reader “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

Narrator Pilate said to them,

1st Reader “Take him yourselves and judge him according to your law.”

Narrator The Jews replied,

2nd Reader “We are not permitted to put anyone to death.”

Narrator (This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die.) Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him,

1st Reader “Are you the King of the Jews?”

Narrator Jesus answered,

Jesus “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?”

Narrator Pilate replied,

1st Reader “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?”

Narrator Jesus answered,

Jesus “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”

Narrator Pilate asked him,

1st Reader “So you are a king?”

Narrator Jesus answered,

Jesus “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

Narrator Pilate asked him,

1st Reader “What is truth?”

Narrator After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, 1st Reader “I find no case against him. But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover. Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”

Narrator They shouted in reply, 2nd Reader “Not this man, but Barabbas!”

Narrator Now Barabbas was a bandit. Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they dressed him in a purple robe. They kept coming up to him, saying,

2nd Reader “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Narrator and striking him on the face. Pilate went out again and said to them, 1st Reader “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no case against him.”

Narrator So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them,

1st Reader “Here is the man!”

Narrator When the chief priests and the police saw him, they shouted, 2nd Reader “Crucify him! Crucify him!”

Narrator Pilate said to them, 1st Reader “Take him yourselves and crucify him; I find no case against him.”

Narrator The Jews answered him, 2nd Reader “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has claimed to be the Son of God.”

Narrator Now when Pilate heard this, he was more afraid than ever. He entered his headquarters again and asked Jesus, 1st Reader “Where are you from?”

Narrator But Jesus gave him no answer. Pilate therefore said to him, 1st Reader “Do you refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and power to crucify you?”

Narrator Jesus answered him, Jesus “You would have no power over me unless it had been given to you from above; therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

Narrator From then on Pilate tried to release him, but the Jews cried out, 2nd Reader “If you release this man, you are no friend of the emperor. Everyone who claims to be a king sets himself against the emperor.”

Narrator When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat on the judge’s bench at a place called The Stone Pavement, or in Hebrew Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover; and it was about noon. He said to the Jews,

1st Reader “Here is your King!”

Narrator They cried out, People “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!”

Narrator Pilate asked them, 1st Reader “Shall I crucify your King?”

Narrator The chief priests answered, 2nd Reader “We have no king but the emperor.”

Narrator Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.

The congregation stands

Narrator So they took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them. Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” Many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, 2nd Reader “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews’.”

Narrator Pilate answered,

1st Reader “What I have written I have written.”

Narrator When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. They also took his tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top. So they said to one another, 1st Reader “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see who will get it.

Narrator This was to fulfill what the scripture says, “They divided my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.” And that is what the soldiers did. Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother,

Jesus “Woman, here is your son.”

Narrator Then he said to the disciple, Jesus “Here is your mother.”

Narrator And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home. After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture),

Jesus “I am thirsty.”

Narrator A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the wine, he said,

Jesus “It is finished.”

Narrator Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. The congregation kneels Silence is kept

Narrator Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath, especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed. Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out. (He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the truth.) These things occurred so that the scripture might be fulfilled, “None of his bones shall be broken.” And again another passage of scripture says, “They will look on the one whom they have pierced.” After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and removed his body. Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds. They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews. Now there was a garden in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. And so, because it was the Jewish day of Preparation, and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

Holy Immortal One Notation

The Homily (seated) The Reverend David M. Faulkner

Song “Holy Immortal One” (seated, sung by all)

(music continues on the next page)

tore us, O Lord God of hosts and we shall be saved.

Solemn Collects (standing)

Celebrant

Dear People of God: Our heavenly Father sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved; that all who believe in him might be delivered from the power of sin and death, and become heirs with him of everlasting life.

We pray, therefore, for people everywhere according to their needs.

Let us pray for the holy Catholic Church of Christ throughout the world;

Ho ly God, Chorus Ho ly and Might y, Ho ly Im mor tal One, - -

Ho ly God, Ho ly and Might y, - -

Ho ly Im mor tal One, Have mer cy up on us. 50 Sav ior of the world, by your cross Coda and pre cious blood you have re deemed us: - - -

Save us and help us, we humb ly be seech you, O Lord.

For its unity in witness and service

For all bishops and other ministers and the people whom they serve

For Rob, our Bishop, and all the people of this diocese

For all Christians in this community

That God will confirm his Church in faith, increase it in love, and preserve it in peace.

Silence

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

Let us pray for all nations and peoples of the earth, and for those in authority among them;

For Donald, the President of the United States

For the Congress and the Supreme Court

For the Members and Representatives of the United Nations

For all who serve the common good

That by God’s help they may seek justice and truth, and live in peace and concord.

Silence

Almighty God, kindle, we pray, in every heart the true love of peace, and guide with your wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth; that in tranquility your dominion may increase, until the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us pray for all who suffer and are afflicted in body or in mind;

For the hungry and the homeless, the destitute and the oppressed

For the sick, the wounded, and the disabled

For those in loneliness, fear, and anguish

For those who face temptation, doubt, and despair

For the sorrowful and bereaved

For prisoners and captives, and those in mortal danger

That God in his mercy will comfort and relieve them, and grant them the knowledge of his love, and stir up in us the will and patience to minister to their needs.

Silence

Gracious God, the comfort of all who sorrow, the strength of all who suffer: Let the cry of those in misery and need come to you, that they may find your mercy present with them in all their afflictions; and give us, we pray, the strength to serve them for the sake of him who suffered for us, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us pray for all who have not received the Gospel of Christ;

For those who have never heard the word of salvation

For those who have lost their faith

For those hardened by sin or indifference

For the contemptuous and the scornful

For those who are enemies of the cross of Christ and persecutors of his disciples

For those who in the name of Christ have persecuted others

That God will open their hearts to the truth, and lead them to faith and obedience.

Silence

Merciful God, creator of all the peoples of the earth and lover of souls: Have compassion on all who do not know you as you are revealed in your Son Jesus Christ; let your Gospel be preached with grace and power to those who have not heard it; turn the hearts of those who resist it; and bring home to your fold those who have gone astray; that there may be one flock under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us commit ourselves to God, and pray for the grace of a holy life, that, with all who have departed this world and have died in the peace of Christ, and those whose faith is known to God alone, we may be accounted worthy to enter into the fullness of the joy of our Lord, and receive the crown of life in the day of resurrection.

Silence

O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry out in tranquility the plan of salvation; let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and that all

things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Adoration of the Cross

Adoration Of The Cross

Adoration (kneeling, sung responsively) Arr. Justin Brooks

Anthem 1 (spoken by the officiant)

We glory in your cross, O Lord, and praise and glorify your holy resurrection; for by virtue of your cross joy has come to the whole world. May God be merciful to us and bless us, show us the light of his countenance, and come to us.

Let your ways be known upon earth, your saving health among all nations.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.

We glory in your cross, O Lord, and praise and glorify your holy resurrection; for by virtue of your cross joy has come to the whole world.

Adoration Of The Cross

Adoration (kneeling, sung responsively)

by Justin Brooks

Anthem 2 (spoken by the officiant)

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

If we have died with him, we shall also live with him; if we endure, we shall also reign with him.

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Adoration Of The Cross

Adoration (kneeling, sung responsively)

Be Leader hold, the wood of the cross; where -

3 on was hung the world's sal va tion! O Congregation come, let us wor ship. - - -

Anthem 3 (spoken by the officiant)

O Savior of the world, who by the cross and your precious blood has redeemed us: Save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord.

Adoration Of The Cross

Adoration (kneeling, sung responsively)

Be Leader hold, the wood of the cross; where -

3 on was hung the world's sal va tion!

Confession of Sin (kneeling)

Celebrant Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

All Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Celebrant Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer (kneeling)

All Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Distribution of Communiom from the Reserved Sacrament

All are invited to come forward to the two standing stations for Communion at the direction of the ushers.Gluten-free wafers are available on request; if you would like a gluten-free wafer, clasp your hands in front of you with your palms down. Receive the wine by drinking from the chalice as it is offered to you, or retain the wafer to dip lightly into the chalice for yourself. If you are not receiving, you may cross your arms over your chest and receive a blessing. If you are unable to come forward, please indicate to an usher that you would like to receive Communion at your seat.

Communion Song: “Ah, holy Jesus” (sung by all)

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Johann Hermann c. 1630 Adaptation and music by Justin Brooks Final Prayer (kneeling)

Celebrant

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, we pray you to set your passion, cross, and death between your judgment and our souls, now and in the hour of our death. Give mercy and grace to the living; pardon and rest to the dead; to your holy Church peace and concord; and to us sinners everlasting life and glory; for with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

At the conclusion of the service, the people depart in silence.

Johann Hermann c 1630 Arranged by Justin Brooks

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