IT IS FINISHED
Opening Prayer O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with
Opening Prayer O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with
Opening Prayer Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death
Opening Prayer Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord,
Opening Prayer Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident
Opening Prayer O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life: Grant us so to glory in the cross of
Opening Prayer Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way
Opening Prayer Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross,
Prayer for Illumination Even in your silence, Lord Jesus Christ, may we hear your voice. TEXT Mark 15:2-5 Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus replied, “Yes, it is as
Opening Prayer Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread that gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us,
Opening Prayer Almighty God, we Your people have constantly rebelled against You, constantly grumbled, constantly turned within ourselves seeking our own salvation. But You, in Your great mercy, constantly pursue us, constantly forgive us, and
Affirm Lift up your heads, O you gates; that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:9-10 TEXT
Affirm Lift up your heads, O you gates; that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:9-10 TEXT