Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Good Friday Service, March 29, 2024

Tenebrae Service for Good Friday

The Service of Darkness

 

Prayer of the Day

Old Testament Reading:                   

Isaiah 52:13-53:12


The Passion According to Saint John

 (stand)

John 18:1-11

Prayer

(Sit)

The first candle is extinguished

Hymn:  In the Cross of Christ I Glory   ELW #324 vs.1,2



L:  Behold, the life giving cross on which hung the salvation of the world.

C:  Oh, come, let us worship him.


(stand)

John 18:12-27

Prayer

(sit)

The second candle is extinguished

Hymn:           Were You There       ELW#353 vs 1,2

1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

L:  Behold, the life giving cross on which hung the salvation of the world.

C:  Oh, come, let us worship him.


(stand)

John 18:28-40

Prayer

(sit)

 

The third candle is extinguished

Hymn:            Ah, Holy Jesus       ELW #349 vs. 1,2



L:  Behold, the life giving cross on which hung the salvation of the world.

C:  Oh, come, let us worship him.

(stand)

John 19:1-7

Prayer

(sit)

The fourth candle is extinguished

Hymn:  Go to Dark Gethsemane    ELW #347 vs. 1, 2  

 1 Go to dark Gethsemane,                                                                                 all who feel the tempter’s pow'r;                                                                         your Redeemer’s conflict see.                                                                            Watch with him one bitter hour;                                                                        turn not from his griefs away;                                                                            learn from Jesus Christ to pray.

2 Follow to the judgment hall,
view the Lord of life arraigned;
oh, the wormwood and the gall!
Oh, the pangs his soul sustained!
Shun not suff'ring, shame, or loss;
learn from him to bear the cross.

L:  Behold, the life giving cross on which hung the salvation of the world.

C:  Oh, come, let us worship him.

 

(stand)

John 19:8-16a

Prayer

(sit)

The fifth candle is extinguished

Hymn: O Sacred Head Now Wounded  ELW #351 vs.1&2  



L:  Behold, the life giving cross on which hung the salvation of the world.

C:  Oh, come, let us worship him.


Meditation

(stand)

John 19:16b-22

Prayer

(sit)

 

The sixth candle is extinguished

Hymn:  O Sacred Head Now Wounded  ELW #351 vs. 3

L:  Behold, the life giving cross on which hung the salvation of the world.

C:  Oh, come, let us worship him.


(stand)

John 19:23-25a

Prayer

(sit)

The seventh candle is extinguished

Hymn:  O Sacred Head Now Wounded  ELW #351 vs. 4

L:  Behold, the life giving cross on which hung the salvation of the world.

C:  Oh, come, let us worship him.

(stand)

John 19:25b-30

(bell tolls as the Christ candle is extinguished)

John 19:31-42


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, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen 

Worship concludes in silence. 

Liturgy and hymns printed and streamed with permission through OneLicense. A-710659 

 

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