Good Friday Liturgy
3 April 2015
Gathering of the Community
Procession
In silence the Cross is brought in and placed
before the altar. The ministers and
congregation keep silence.
Introductory Responses
This is the wood
of the cross,
on which hung the
Saviour of the world.
Come let us worship.
Christ the Lord
became obedient unto death,
even death on a cross.
All we like sheep
have gone astray;
we have all turned
to our own way,
and the Holy One has laid on Christ
the iniquity of us all.
Silence is kept.
Almighty God,
our heavenly Father,
we have sinned in thought and word and deed;
we have not loved you with our whole heart;
we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves.
We pray you of your mercy, forgive us all that is
past,
and grant that we may serve you in newness of life
to the glory of your name. Amen.
The Collect of the Day
The Lord be with
you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.
O Holy and
Immortal One,
hear us as we pray through Jesus, our high priest:
heal all our divisions,
reconcile all who are estranged,
console all who suffer,
and finally raise up to new life
all that is bound by death. Amen. [i]
The Proclamation of the Word of
God
The First Reading
A reading from the
prophet Isaiah (52.13-53.12)
13 See, my servant shall
prosper; he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. 14 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 — 15 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.
53.1 Who has believed
what we have heard? And to whom has the
arm of the Lord been
revealed? 2 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. 3 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. 4
Surely he has borne our infirmities
and carried our
diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and
afflicted. 5 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. 6 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. 7 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. 8 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. 9
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. 10 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. 11 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. 12 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.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm 22 with refrain from Songs for the Holy One
Refrain (sung twice): O Holy One, in pain and sorrow we know we can turn to you.
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me *
and are so far
from my cry and from the words of my distress?
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer; *
by night as well, but I find no
rest.
3 Yet you are the Holy One,
*
enthroned upon
the praises of Israel.
4 Our ancestors put their
trust in you; *
they trusted, and you delivered
them.
5 They cried out to you and were delivered; *
they trusted in you and were not put to
shame.
Refrain: O Holy
One, in pain and sorrow we know we can turn to you.
6 But as for me, I am a worm and not human, *
scorned by all
and despised by the people.
7 All who see me laugh me to
scorn; *
they curl their lips and wag their
heads, saying,
8 “You trusted in the Lord; let the Lord deliver you; *
let God rescue
you, if God delights in you.”
9 Yet you are the one who
took me out of the womb, *
and kept me safe upon my mother’s
breast.
10 I have been entrusted to you ever since I was born; *
you were my God
when I was still in my mother’s womb.
11 Be not far from me, for
trouble is near, *
and there is none to help.
12 Many young bulls encircle me; *
strong bulls of
Bashan surround me.
13 They open wide their jaws
at me, *
like a ravening and a roaring lion.
Refrain: O Holy
One, in pain and sorrow we know we can turn to you.
14 I am poured out like
water; all my bones are out of joint; *
my heart within
my breast is melting wax.
15 My mouth is dried out like a potsherd;
my tongue
sticks to the roof of my mouth; *
and you have laid me in the dust of
the grave.
16 Packs of dogs close me in and gangs of evildoers circle around
me; *
they pierce my
hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones *
while they stare and gloat over me.
18 They divide my garments among them; *
they cast lots
for my clothing.
19 Be not far away, O Lord; *
you are my strength; hasten to help
me.
20 Save me from the sword, *
my life from the
power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion’s
mouth, *
my wretched body from the horns of
wild bulls.
Refrain: O Holy
One, in pain and sorrow we know we can turn to you.
22 I will declare your name to my kindred; *
in the midst of
the congregation I will praise you.
23 Praise the Lord, you that
fear God; *
stand in awe of God, O offspring of
Israel;
all you of Jacob’s line, give glory.
24 For you, O God, do not
despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty;
neither do you turn away from them; *
when they cry to
you, they are heard.
25 My praise is of you in the
great assembly; *
I will perform my vows in the
presence of those who worship you.
26 The poor shall eat and be
satisfied,
and those who seek the Lord shall give praise: *
“May your heart live for ever!”
Refrain: O Holy
One, in pain and sorrow we know we can turn to you.
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, *
and all the
families of the nations shall bow before God.
28 For sovereignty belongs to
the Lord, *
who rules over the nations.
29 To God alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in worship; *
all who go down to the dust fall before
God.
30 My soul shall live for
God;
my descendants shall serve God; *
they shall be
known as the Lord’s for ever.
31 They shall come and make
known to a people yet unborn *
the saving deeds that God has done.
Refrain: O Holy
One, in pain and sorrow we know we can turn to you.
The Passion according
to John
The Passion of our
Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
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,
PRIESTS & POLICE: "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,
PRIESTS & POLICE: "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, "I did not lose a single one of those whom you gave
me." 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,
WOMAN: "You are not also one of
this man's disciples, are you?"
NARRATOR: He said,
PETER: "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,
POLICE: "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,
POLICE: "You
are not also one of his disciples, are you?"
NARRATOR: He denied it and said,
PETER: "I
am not."
NARRATOR: One of the slaves of the high
priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked,
SLAVE: "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,
PILATE: "What
accusation do you bring against this man?"
NARRATOR: They answered,
PRIESTS & POLICE: "If this man were not a criminal, we would
not have handed him over to you."
NARRATOR: Pilate said to them,
PILATE: "Take
him yourselves and judge him according to your law."
NARRATOR: The Jews replied,
PRIESTS & POLICE: "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,
PILATE: "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,
PILATE: "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,
PILATE: "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,
PILATE: "What
is truth?"
NARRATOR: After he had said this, he went
out to the Jews again and told them,
PILATE: "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,
CROWD: "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,
SOLDIERS: "Hail, King of the
Jews!"
NARRATOR: and striking him on the face.
Pilate went out again and said to them,
PILATE: "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,
PILATE: "Here
is the man!"
NARRATOR: When the chief priests and the
police saw him, they shouted,
CROWD: "Crucify him! Crucify
him!"
NARRATOR: Pilate said to them,
PILATE: "Take
him yourselves and crucify him; I find no case against him."
NARRATOR: The [crowd] answered him,
CROWD: "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,
PILATE: "Where
are you from?"
NARRATOR: But Jesus gave him no answer.
Pilate therefore said to him,
PILATE: "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 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,
CROWD: "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 [crowd],
PILATE: "Here
is your King!"
NARRATOR: They cried out,
CROWD: "Away with him! Away
with him! Crucify him!"
NARRATOR: Pilate asked them,
PILATE: "Shall
I crucify your King?"
NARRATOR: The chief priests answered,
PRIESTS: "We have no king but
the emperor."
NARRATOR: Then he handed him over to them to
be crucified.
(At
the mention of Golgotha, all stand as able.)
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 [crowd] 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,
PRIESTS: "Do not write, 'The
King of the Jews,' but, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.'"
NARRATOR: Pilate answered,
PILATE: "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,
SOLDIERS: "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.
Since
it was the day of Preparation, the [Jewish authorities] 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 [Jewish authorities], 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.
A period of silent reflection follows the conclusion of the Passion.
Sermon
Hymn
‘When I Survey the
Wondrous Cross’ Common Praise #386
The Prayers of the Community
The Solemn
Intercessions
The Presider begins the Solemn Intercessions as
follows.
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 eternal life.
The people are directed to stand, sit or kneel
as is their custom for prayer. The
Deacon offers the Biddings and the Presider ends each silence with the Collect.
Let us pray for
the one holy catholic
and apostolic
Church throughout the world:
for its unity in
witness and service,
for all bishops
and other ministers
and the people
whom they serve,
for Melissa our
bishop,
and all the
people of this diocese,
for Gregory, the
bishop of the British Columbia Synod
of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada,
and all the people
of that synod,
for all
Christians in this community,
for those about
to be baptized
that the Lord will
confirm the Church in faith,
increase it in
love,
and preserve it in
peace.
Silence
Almighty and
everlasting God,
by your 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 our
vocation and ministry
we may truly and
devoutly serve you;
through our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
Let us pray for
all nations and peoples of the earth,
and for those in
authority among them:
For Elizabeth our
Queen and all the Royal Family,
for Stephen the
Prime Minister
and for the
government of this country,
for Christy the
premier of this province
and the members
of the legislature,
for the mayors of
municipalities of Metro Vancouver
and those who
serve with them
in the various
councils and boards,
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 justice and
peace 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 homeless,
the destitute and
the oppressed,
and all who suffer
persecution or prejudice,
for the sick, the
wounded, and the handicapped,
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
mercy, will comfort and relieve them,
and grant them the
knowledge of the divine 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,
hear the cry of
those in misery and need.
In their
afflictions show them your mercy
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 all who have
not heard the words of salvation,
for all who have
lost their faith,
for all whose sin
has made them indifferent to Christ,
for all who
actively oppose Christ by word or deed,
for all who are
enemies of the cross of Christ,
and persecutors
of his disciples,
for all 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 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 life
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 favourably on
your whole Church,
that wonderful and
sacred mystery.
By the effectual
working of your providence,
carry out in
tranquillity the plan of salvation.
Let the whole
world see and know
that things which
were cast down are being raised up,
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.
Hymn
‘’Tis
Finished! The Messiah Dies’ Common Praise #195
The Holy Communion
The Preparation of the
Table
The Lord’s Prayer
As our Saviour
taught us, let us pray.
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever.
Amen.
Communion
Prayer after Communion
Almighty and eternal
God,
you have restored us to life
by the triumphant death
and resurrection of Christ.
Continue this healing work within us.
May we who partake of this mystery
never cease to give you dedicated service.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer over the People
Send down your
abundant blessing, Lord, upon your people
who have devoutly
recalled the death of your Son
in the sure and
certain hope of the resurrection.
Grant them pardon;
bring them comfort.
May their faith
grow stronger
and their eternal
salvation be assured.
We ask this
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
The community departs in silence.
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