Good Friday
Tenebrae Service
7:00 pm
10 April 2009
Service of the Word
The congregation gathers in reflective silence. As the bell tolls the congregation rises.
opening versicles (spoken)
P O Lord, open my lips,
C and my mouth will declare Your praise.
P Make haste, O God, to deliver me;
C make haste to help me, O Lord.
Praise to You, O Christ, Lamb of our salvation.
Psalmody
(Gloria Patri is omitted, at the conclusion of each Psalm a candle is extinguished)
Psalm 22 (antiphon, v. 19, “O Lord, do not be far off! Come quickly to my aid!”)
Choir “God So Love the World”
Psalm 2
(antiphon, v. 11, 12b, “Serve the LORD
with fear, and rejoice with trembling,
for his wrath is quickly kindled.”)
Psalm 27 (antiphon, v. 9c, “Forsake me not, O God of my salvation.”)
Psalm 51
(antiphon, v. 2, “Wash me thoroughly
from my iniquity, and cleanse me from
my sin!”)
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Hymn: “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” (Hymn 450, stanzas 1-3)
P: The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. John, the 19th chapter.
Reading: John 19:1-16a
A candle is extinguished.
Hymn: “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” (Hymn 450, stanzas 4-7)
Reading: John 19:16b-42
After the reading:
P O Lord, have mercy on us.
C Thanks be to God.
A candle is extinguished.
lenten responsory (spoken) page 222
office Hymn “Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted” (Hymn 451)
Sermon
Hymn “Abide with Me” (Hymn 878)
prayers (spoken)
P Lord, have mercy.
C Lord, have mercy.
P Christ, have mercy.
C Christ, have mercy.
P Lord, have mercy.
C Lord, have mercy.
C 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 forever and ever. Amen.
P The Lord be with you.
C And also with you.
P Let us pray. Almighty God, graciously behold this Your family for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and delivered into the hands of sinful men to suffer death upon the cross; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C Amen.
Collect
P Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, You willed that Your Son should bear for us the pains of the cross and so remove from us the power of the adversary. Help us so to remember and give thanks for our Lord’s passion that we may receive forgiveness of sin and redemption from everlasting death; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
C Amen.
The final candle is extinguished.
The pastor and congregation leave in silence in minimal light
The offering will be collected in the back.
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church † Bingen
Missouri Synod
The Reverend John Dreyer, Pastor Mrs. Leanne Busick, Director of Music
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