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Good Friday Meditation on the Cross
Remember
Me – Words and Music by Steve Bell
All we like sheep have gone
astray;
we have turned every one to
his own way,
And the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Christ the Lord became
obedient unto death,
Even death on a cross.
Silence
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,
we veil our faces before
your glory,
and bow before the cross of
your wounded Christ.
With angels and archangels
we praise you, our Mercy,
and we bless you, our
Compassion,
for in our brokenness you
have not abandoned us. Amen.
Revised Common Lectionary Prayers
(2002) alt.
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.
Here
what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
Psalm 22
My
God, my God, why have you forsaken me
and
are so far from my cry and from the words of my distress?
O my God, I cry in the
daytime, but you do not answer;
by night as well, but I
find no rest.
Yet
you are the Holy One,
enthroned
upon the praises of Israel.
Our ancestors put their
trust in you;
they trusted, and you
delivered them.
They
cried out to you and were delivered;
they
trusted in you and were not put to shame.
But as for me, I am a worm
and not human,
scorned by all and despised
by the people.
All
who see me laugh me to scorn;
they
curl their lips and wag their heads, saying,
“You trusted in the Lord;
let the Lord deliver you;
let God rescue you, if God
delights in you.”
Yet
you are the one who took me out of the womb,
and
kept me safe upon my mother’s breast.
I have been entrusted to
you ever since I was born;
you were my God when I was
still in my mother’s womb.
Be
not far from me, for trouble is near,
and
there is none to help.
Many young bulls encircle
me;
strong bulls of Bashan
surround me.
They
open wide their jaws at me,
like
a ravening and a roaring lion.
I am poured out like water;
all my bones are out of joint;
my heart within my breast
is melting wax.
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.
Packs
of dogs close me in and gangs of evildoers circle around me;
they
pierce my hands and my feet.
I can count all my bones
while they stare and gloat
over me.
They
divide my garments among them;
they
cast lots for my clothing.
Be not far away, O Lord;
you are my strength; hasten
to help me.
Save
me from the sword,
my
life from the power of the dog.
Save me from the lion’s
mouth,
my wretched body from the horns
of wild bulls.
I will declare your name to
my kindred;
in
the midst of the congregation I will praise you.
Praise the Lord, you that
fear God;
stand
in awe of God, O offspring of Israel;
all
you of Jacob’s line, give glory.
For God does not despise
nor abhor the poor in their
poverty;
neither
turns away from them;
when
they cry to the Lord, they are heard.
My praise is of God in the
great assembly;
I
will perform my vows in the presence of those who worship the Lord.
The poor shall eat and be
satisfied,
and those who seek the Lord
shall give praise:
“May
your heart live for ever!”
All the ends of the earth
shall remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the
nations shall bow before God.
For
sovereignty belongs to the Lord,
who rules over the nations.
To
God alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in worship;
all
who go down to the dust fall before God.
My soul shall live for God; my descendants shall serve God;
they
shall be known as the Lord’s for ever.
They shall come and make
known to a people yet unborn
the saving deeds that God
has done.
Hebrews
10.16–25
‘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.
Here
what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
John
18.1—19.42
The Passion of our Lord
Jesus Christ
according to John.
After Jesus had spoken
these words, he 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, ‘For whom are you looking?’ They answered, ‘Jesus of
Nazareth.’ Jesus replied, ‘I am he.’ 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, ‘For whom are you looking?’ And they said, ‘Jesus
of Nazareth.’ Jesus answered, ‘I told you that I am he. So if you are looking
for me, let these men go.’ This was to fulfil 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, ‘Put your sword back into
its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?’
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, ‘You are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?’
He said, ‘I am not.’ Now the slaves and the police had made a charcoal fire
because it was cold, and they were standing round 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, ‘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.’
When he had said this, one of the police standing nearby struck Jesus on the
face, saying, ‘Is that how you answer the high priest?’ Jesus answered, ‘If I
have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong. But if I have spoken rightly, why do
you strike me?’ Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
Now Simon Peter was
standing and warming himself. They asked him, ‘You are not also one of his
disciples, are you?’ He denied it and said, ‘I am not.’ One of the slaves of
the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, ‘Did
I not see you in the garden with him?’ 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, ‘What accusation do
you bring against this man?’ They answered, ‘If this man were not a criminal,
we would not have handed him over to you.’ Pilate said to them, ‘Take him
yourselves and judge him according to your law.’ The Jews replied, ‘We are not
permitted to put anyone to death.’ (This was to fulfil 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, ‘Are you the King of the
Jews?’ Jesus answered, ‘Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you
about me?’ Pilate replied, ‘I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief
priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?’ Jesus answered, ‘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.’ Pilate asked him, ‘So you are a king?’
Jesus answered, ‘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.’ Pilate asked him, ‘What is truth?’
After he had said this, he
went out to the Jews again and told them, ‘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?’ They shouted in reply, ‘Not this man,
but Barabbas!’ 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, ‘Hail,
King of the Jews!’ and striking him on the face. Pilate went out again and said
to them, ‘Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no
case against him.’ So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the
purple robe. Pilate said to them, ‘Here is the man!’ When the chief priests and
the police saw him, they shouted, ‘Crucify him! Crucify him!’ Pilate said to
them, ‘Take him yourselves and crucify him; I find no case against him.’ The
Jews answered him, ‘We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die
because he has claimed to be the Son of God.’
Now when Pilate heard this, he was more
afraid than ever. He entered his headquarters again and asked Jesus, ‘Where are
you from?’ But Jesus gave him no answer. Pilate therefore said to him, ‘Do you
refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and
power to crucify you?’ Jesus answered him, ‘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.’ From then on Pilate tried to release him,
but the Jews cried out, ‘If you release this man, you are no friend of the
emperor. Everyone who claims to be a king sets himself against the emperor.’
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, ‘Here is your King!’ They
cried out, ‘Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!’ Pilate asked them,
‘Shall I crucify your King?’ The chief priests answered, ‘We have no king but
the emperor.’ Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.
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, ‘Do not write,
“The King of the Jews”, but, “This man said, I am King of the Jews.” ’ Pilate
answered, ‘What I have written I have written.’ 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, ‘Let us not tear it, but cast
lots for it to see who will get it.’ This was to fulfil 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, ‘Woman, here is your son.’ Then he said to
the disciple, ‘Here is your mother.’ 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 fulfil the scripture), ‘I am thirsty.’ 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, ‘It is finished.’ Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
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.
The Solemn Intercession
All standing,
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 may sit, stand, or kneel as is their
custom or comfort.
Let
us pray for the one holy catholic
and
apostolic Church of Christ throughout the world:
for
its unity in witness and service,
for
all bishops and other ministers
and
the people whom they serve,
for
Jane our bishop,
and
all the people of this diocese,
for
all Christians in this community,
for
those about to be baptized
that
the Lord will confirm his 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
Justin the Prime Minister
and
for the government of this country,
for
Jason the premier of this province
and
the members of the legislature,
for Brian the mayor of this municipality
and
those who serve with him
on
the town council,
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 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,
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 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.
Gone is the Light – Words and Music by Gord Johnson sung by Steve Bell
Meditation on the Cross
My people, what wrong have I done
to you?
What good have I not done for
you?
Listen to me.
I am your Creator, Lord of the universe
I have entrusted this world to you,
but you have created the means to destroy it.
My people, what wrong have I done
to you?
What good have I not done for
you?
Listen to me.
I made you in my image,
but you have degraded body and spirit
and marred the image of your God.
You have deserted me and turned your backs on me.
My people, what wrong have I done
to you?
What good have I not done for
you?
Listen to me.
I filled the earth with all that you need,
so that you might serve and care for one another,
as I have cared for you;
but you have cared only to serve your own wealth and power.
Trisagion
Holy God,
holy and might,
holy immortal one
have mercy upon us.
My people, what wrong have I done
to you?
What good have I not done for
you?
Listen to me.
I made my children of one blood
to live in families rejoicing in one another;
but you have embittered the races and divided the nations.
My people, what wrong have I done
to you?
What good have I not done for
you?
Listen to me.
I commanded you to love your neighbour as yourself,
to love and forgive even your enemies;
but you have made vengeance your rule and hate your guide.
My people, what wrong have I done
to you?
What good have I not done for
you?
Listen to me.
In the fullness of time I sent you my Son,
that in him you might know me,
and through him find life and peace;
but you put him to death on the cross.
Trisagion
My people, what wrong have I done
to you?
What good have I not done for
you?
Listen to me.
Through the living Christ, I called you into my Church
to be my servants to the world,
but you have grasped at privilege and forgotten my will.
My people, what wrong have I done
to you?
What good have I not done for
you?
Listen to me.
I have given you a heavenly gift and a share in the Holy Spirit;
I have given you the spiritual energies of the age to come;
but you have turned away
and crucified the Son of God afresh.
My people, what wrong have I done
to you?
What good have I not done for
you?
Listen to me.
I have consecrated you in the truth;
I have made you to be one
in the unity of the Father and the Son,
by the power of the Spirit;
but you have divided my Church and shrouded my truth.
Trisagion
Turn again, my people, listen to
me.
Let your bearing to one another arise out of your life in Christ Jesus.
Who humbled himself
and in obedience accepted the death or the cross.
But I have bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Turn again, my people, listen to
me.
The Lord’s Prayer
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,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
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