The Passion of the Lord - Good Friday - 4.7.23

                                      

 

                  



Good Friday Service

4-7-23



Liturgy of the Word

     1st Reading Is 52:13—53:12

See, my servant shall prosper,

    he shall be raised high

and greatly exalted.

Even as many were

amazed at him --

    so marred was his look

beyond human semblance

    and his appearance beyond

that of the sons of man--

so shall he startle

many nations,

    because of him kings

shall stand speechless;

for those who have

not been told shall see,

    those who have not

heard shall ponder it.


Who would believe

what we have heard?

    To whom has the arm

of the LORD been revealed?

He grew up like a sapling before him,

    like a shoot from the parched earth;

there was in him no stately

bearing to make us look at him,

    nor appearance that

would attract us to him.

He was spurned and

avoided by people,

    a man of suffering,

accustomed to infirmity,

one of those from whom

people hide their faces,

    spurned, and we held

him in no esteem.


Yet it was our infirmities

that he bore,

    our sufferings

that he endured,

while we thought

of him as stricken,

    as one smitten by

God and afflicted.

But he was pierced

for our offenses,

    crushed for our sins;

upon him was the chastisement

that makes us whole,

    by his stripes we were healed.

We had all gone astray like sheep,

    each following his own way;

but the LORD laid upon him

    the guilt of us all.


Though he was harshly

treated, he submitted

    and opened not his mouth;

like a lamb led to the slaughter

    or a sheep before the shearers,

    he was silent and

opened not his mouth.

Oppressed and condemned,

he was taken away,

    and who would have thought

any more of his destiny?

When he was cut off from

t

he land of the living,

    and smitten for

the sin of his people,

a grave was assigned

him among the wicked

    and a burial place with evildoers,

though he had done no wrong

    nor spoken any falsehood.

But the LORD was pleased

    to crush him in infirmity.

If he gives his life

as an offering for sin,

    he shall see his

descendants in a long life,

    and the will of the LORD

shall be accomplished through him.


Because of his affliction

    he shall see the light

in fullness of days;

through his suffering,

my servant shall justify many,

    and their guilt he shall bear.

Therefore I will give him

his portion among the great,

    and he shall divide

the spoils with the mighty,

because he surrendered

himself to death

    and was counted

among the wicked;

and he shall take away

the sins of many,

    and win pardon for their offenses.


The Word of the Lord,

          ~Thanks be to God








Responsorial Psalm  31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25

R.  Father, into your hands

I commend my spirit.

In you, O LORD, I take refuge;

    let me never be put to shame.

In your justice rescue me.

Into your hands

I commend my spirit;

    you will redeem me,

O LORD, O faithful God.

R.   Father, into your hands

I commend my spirit.

For all my foes I am

an object of reproach,

    a laughingstock

to my neighbors,

and a dread to my friends;

    they who see me

abroad flee from me.

I am forgotten like the

unremembered dead;

    I am like a dish that is broken.

R.  Father, into your hands

I commend my spirit.

But my trust is

in you, O LORD;

    I say, “You are my God.

In your hands is

my destiny; rescue me

    from the clutches of my

enemies and my persecutors.”

R.  Father, into your hands

I commend my spirit.

Let your face shine

upon your servant;

    save me in your kindness.

Take courage and

be stouthearted,

    all you who hope in the LORD.

R. Father, into your hands

I commend my spirit.



2nd Reading Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9

Brothers and sisters:

Since we have a

great high priest

who has passed

through the heavens, 

Jesus, the Son of God, 

let us hold fast

to our confession.

For we do not

have a high priest

who is unable

to sympathize with

our weaknesses, 

but one who has similarly

been tested in every way,

yet without sin.

So let us confidently

approach the throne of grace 

to receive mercy

and to find grace

for timely help.


In the days when

Christ was in the flesh, 

he offered prayers

and supplications with loud

cries and tears 

to the one who was able

to save him from death, 

and he was heard

because of his reverence.

Son though he was,

he learned obedience

from what he suffered; 

and when he was

made perfect,

he became the source of eternal

salvation for all who obey him.


The Word of the Lord,

        ~Thanks be to God



Gospel Acclamation Phil 2:8-9

R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ,
King of endless glory!

Christ became obedient

to the point of death,

even death on a cross.

Because of this,

God greatly exalted him

and bestowed on him

the name which is

above every other name.

R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ,
King of endless glory!



Gospel Jn 18:1—19:42 (Congregation speaking in Burgundy)

Jesus went out with his disciples

across the Kidron valley 

to where there was a garden, 

into which he

and his disciples entered.

Judas his betrayer

also knew the place, 

because Jesus had often

met there with his disciples.

So Judas got a

band of soldiers and guards 

from the chief priests

and the Pharisees 

and went there with

lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Jesus, knowing everything

that was going to happen to him, 

went out and said to them,

“Whom are you looking for?”

They answered him, Jesus the Nazorean.”

He said to them, “I AM.”

Judas his betrayer was also with them.

When he said to them, “I AM, “ 

they turned away

and fell to the ground.

So he again asked them,

“Whom are you looking for?”

They said,Jesus the Nazorean.”

Jesus answered, “I told you that I AM.

So if you are looking for me,

let these men go.”

This was to fulfill what he had said, 

“I have not lost any

of those 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 into its scabbard.

Shall I not drink the cup

that the Father gave me?”

So the band of soldiers,

the tribune,

and the Jewish guards

seized Jesus,

bound him,

and brought him to Annas first.

He was the father-in-law

of Caiaphas, 

who was high priest that year.

It was Caiaphas

who had counseled the Jews 

that it was better that one man

should die rather than the people.


Simon Peter and another disciple

followed Jesus.

Now the other disciple

was known to the high priest, 

and he entered the courtyard

of the high priest with Jesus.

But Peter stood at the gate outside.

So the other disciple,

the acquaintance of the high priest, 

went out and spoke

to the gatekeeper and

brought Peter in.

Then the maid who was

the gatekeeper said to Peter, 

You are not one of this man’s disciples, are you?

He said, “I am not.”

Now the slaves and

the guards were standing 

around a charcoal fire

that they had made, because it was cold,

and were warming themselves.

Peter was also standing

there keeping warm.

The high priest questioned Jesus 

about his disciples

and about his doctrine.

Jesus answered him,

“I have spoken publicly to the world.

I have always taught in a synagogue 

or in the temple area

where all the Jews gather, 

and in secret I have

said nothing.  Why ask me?

Ask those who heard me

what I said to them.

They know what I said.”

When he had said this, 

one of the temple guards standing

there struck Jesus and said, 

“Is this the way you

answer the high priest?”

Jesus answered him,

“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 there keeping warm.

And they said to him,

You are not 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 one

whose ear Peter had cut off, said, 

Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?

Again Peter denied it.

And immediately the cock crowed.

Then they brought Jesus

from Caiaphas to the praetorium.

It was morning.

And they themselves

did not enter the praetorium, 

in order not to be defiled

so that they could eat the Passover.

So Pilate came out to them and said, 

“What charge do you

bring against this man?”

They answered and said to him,

If he were not a criminal, 

we would not have handed him over to you.”

At this, Pilate said to them, 

“Take him yourselves,

and judge him according

to your law.”

The Jews answered him, 

We do not have the right to execute anyone,“ 

in order that the word

of Jesus might be fulfilled

that he said indicating the kind

of death he would die.

So Pilate went back

into the praetorium 

and summoned

Jesus and said to him, 

“Are you the King of the Jews?”

Jesus answered,

“Do you say this on your own 

or have others told you about me?”

Pilate answered,

“I am not a Jew, am I?

Your own nation and the chief priests

handed you over to me.

What have you done?”

Jesus answered,

“My kingdom does not

belong to this world.

If my kingdom did

belong to this world, 

my attendants would be fighting 

to keep me from being

handed over to the Jews.

But as it is,

my kingdom is not here.”

So Pilate said to him, “Then you are a king?”

Jesus answered, “You say 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 said to him, “What is truth?”


When he had said this,

he again went out to

the Jews and said to them,

“I find no guilt in him.

But you have a custom

that I release one prisoner

to you at Passover.

Do you want me to release

to you the King of the Jews?”

They cried out again,

Not this one but Barabbas!

Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.


Then Pilate took Jesus

and had him scourged.

And the soldiers wove

a crown out of thorns

and placed it on his head,

and clothed him in a purple cloak,

and they came to him and said,

Hail, King of the Jews!”

And they struck

him repeatedly.

Once more Pilate went

out and said to them, 

“Look, I am bringing him out to you, 

so that you may know

that I find no guilt in him.”

So Jesus came out,

wearing the crown of thorns

and the purple cloak.

And he said to them, “Behold, the man!”

When the chief priests

and the guards saw him they cried out, 

Crucify him, crucify him!


Pilate said to them,

“Take him yourselves and crucify him.

I find no guilt in him.”

The Jews answered, 

We have a law, and according

to that law he ought to die, 

because he made

himself the Son of God.”

Now when Pilate heard this statement,

he became even more afraid, 

and went back into the

praetorium and said to Jesus, 

“Where are you from?”

Jesus did not answer him.


So Pilate said to him,

“Do you not speak to me?

Do you not know that

I have power to release you 

and I have power to crucify you?”

Jesus answered him,

“You would have

no power over me 

if it had not been

given to you from above.

For this reason the one

who handed me over to you

has the greater sin.”

Consequently, Pilate tried to release him;

but the Jews cried out, 

If you release him,

you are not a Friend of Caesar.

Everyone who makes

himself a king opposes Caesar.


When Pilate heard these

words he brought Jesus out 

and seated him

on the judge’s bench 

in the place called Stone Pavement,

in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

It was preparation day for Passover,

and it was about noon.

And he said to the Jews,

“Behold, your king!”

They cried out,

Take him away, take him away!

  Crucify him!”

Pilate said to them,

“Shall I crucify your king?”

The chief priests answered,

We have no king but Caesar.

Then he handed him over

to them to be crucified.

So they took Jesus,

and, carrying the cross himself, 

he went out to what is called

the Place of the Skull, 

in Hebrew, Golgotha.


There they crucified him,

and with him two others, 

one on either side,

with Jesus in the middle.

Pilate also had an inscription

written and put on the cross.

It read,

Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews.

Now many of the Jews

read this inscription 

because the place where

Jesus was crucified was near the city;

and it was written in

Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, 

Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’

but that he said, ‘I am the 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 shares, 

a share for each soldier.

They also took his tunic,

but the tunic was seamless, 

woven in one piece from the top down.

So they said to one another, 

Let’s not tear it, but cast lots

for it to see whose it will be,“ 

in order that the passage of

Scripture might be fulfilled that says:

    They divided my garments among them,

        and for my vesture they cast lots.

        This is what the soldiers did.

Standing by the cross

of Jesus were his mother

and his mother’s sister,

Mary the wife of Clopas,

and Mary of Magdala.

When Jesus saw

his mother and the disciple there

whom he loved he said to his mother,

“Woman, behold, your son.”

Then he said to the disciple, 

“Behold, your mother.”

And from that hour the disciple
took her into his home. 

After this, aware that

everything was now finished, 

in order that the

Scripture might be fulfilled, 

Jesus said, “I thirst.”

There was a vessel

filled with common wine.

So they put a sponge

soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop 

and put it up to his mouth.

When Jesus had taken

the wine, he said,

“It is finished.”

And bowing his head,

he handed over the spirit.


        ~*~Here all kneel and pause for a short time~*~


Now since it was preparation day,

in order that the bodies

might not remain on the cross

on the sabbath,

for the sabbath day

of that week was a solemn one, 

the Jews asked

Pilate that their legs be broken 

and that they be taken down.


So the soldiers came

and broke the legs of the first 

and then of the other one

who was crucified with Jesus.

But when they came to Jesus

and saw that he was already dead,

they did not break his legs, 

but one soldier thrust

his lance into his side, 

and immediately blood

and water flowed out.

An eyewitness has testified,

and his testimony is true; 

he knows that he

is speaking the truth, 

so that you also

may come to believe.

For this happened so that the

Scripture passage might be fulfilled:

Not a bone of it will be broken.

And again another passage says:

    They will look upon him

whom they have pierced.


After this, Joseph of Arimathea, 

secretly a disciple of

Jesus for fear of the Jews, 

asked Pilate if he could

remove the body of Jesus.

And Pilate permitted it.

So he came and took his body.

Nicodemus, the one who

had first come to him at night, 

also came bringing

a mixture of myrrh and aloes 

weighing about one hundred pounds.

They took the body of Jesus 

and bound it with burial

cloths along with the spices, 

according to the

Jewish burial custom.

Now in the place where

he had been crucified there 

was a garden,

and in the garden a new tomb,

in which no one

had yet been buried.

So they laid Jesus there because

of the Jewish preparation day;

for the tomb was close by.


 The Gospel of the Lord,

        ~ Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ





The Solemn Intercessions

Please sing the response Amen after the following petitions

  • For the Holy Church
  • For the Pope
  • For all the orders and degrees of the faithful
  • For catechumens
  • For the unity of Christians
  • For the Jewish people
  • For those who do not believe in Christ
  • For those who do not believe in God
  • For those in public office 
  •  For those in tribulation




The Adoration of the Holy Cross





















  ~*~*~*~*~*~*~

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. Amen.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~
For the kingdom,

the power and glory are yours
now and forever.
~Amen


~*~*~*~*~*~*~

 
Lamb of God,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God,
you take away the sins of the world,
grant us peace.

  ~*~*~*~*~*~*~

R: Lord I am not worthy that should
enter under my roof,
but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.



Communion Song:





Spiritual Communion:

My Jesus, I believe that you are present

in the Most Holy Sacrament.

I love you above all things,

and I desire to receive you into my soul.

Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally,

Come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace You as if You were already there

And unite myself wholly to You.

Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.


  

Vocations Prayer
Heavenly Father,

Bless our diocese with the grace of many vocations

to the priesthood, diaconate and to religious life.

Through the intercession of the Blessed Mother,

grant to those You have called

the willingness and the generosity of spirit

to give of themselves in devoting their lives
and their talents to the service
of our Lord and to His Church.


Increase the faith of all within our diocese,

and especially the faith of those You are calling.

We ask this through Christ, Your Son our Lord. ~ Amen