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Morning Prayer for Good Friday
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April 2, 2021Morning Prayer for Good Friday
God, come to my assistance.
– Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
PSALMODY
Psalm 31
Antiphon: In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.
In your righteousness deliver me;
incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me!
Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me.
For you are my rock and my fortress;
for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
Free me from the net they have set for me, for you are my refuge.
Into your hands I commend my spirit;
you will redeem me, LORD, God of truth.
You hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.
I will rejoice and be glad in your mercy,
once you have seen my misery, [and] gotten to know the distress of my soul.
You will not abandon me into enemy hands,
but will set my feet in a free and open space.
Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress;
affliction is wearing down my eyes, my throat and my insides.
My life is worn out by sorrow, and my years by sighing.
My strength fails in my affliction; my bones are wearing down.
To all my foes I am a thing of scorn,
and especially to my neighbors, a horror to my friends.
When they see me in public, they quickly shy away.
I am forgotten, out of mind like the dead; I am like a worn-out tool.
I hear the whispers of the crowd; terrors are all around me.
They conspire together against me; they plot to take my life.
But I trust in you, LORD;
I say, “You are my God.”
My destiny is in your hands;
rescue me from my enemies, from the hands of my pursuers.
Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your mercy.
Do not let me be put to shame, for I have called to you, LORD.
Put the wicked to shame; reduce them to silence in Sheol.
Strike dumb their lying lips, which speak arrogantly against the righteous in contempt and scorn.
How great is your goodness, Lord,
stored up for those who fear you.
You display it for those who trust you, in the sight of the children of Adam.
You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from scheming enemies.
You conceal them in your tent, away from the strife of tongues.
Blessed be the LORD,
marvelously he showed to me his mercy in a fortified city.
Though I had said in my alarm, “I am cut off from your eyes."
Yet you heard my voice, my cry for mercy, when I pleaded with you for help.
Love the LORD, all you who are faithful to him.
The LORD protects the loyal, but repays the arrogant in full.
Be strong and take heart, all who hope in the LORD.
Antiphon: In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.
SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 4: 14-16
Therefore, 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.
SILENT REFLECTION
INTERCESSIONS- For God’s holy people, called to a deep and lasting covenant with God.
- For peace for nations and peoples torn by conflict.
- For perseverance for all people who are oppressed.
- For the Lord’s abundant blessing upon all who work to find resolution to the pandemic.
- For a greater openness to the transforming power of God’s love.
- For everlasting joy and peace for all those who have died.
CANTICLE of ZECHARIAH
Luke 1:68 – 79
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior, born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old
that he would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to set us free from the hands of our enemies, free to worship him without fear,
holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.
You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
to give his people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be forever. Amen.
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.
CONCLUDING PRAYER
God of infinite compassion,
to love you is to be made holy; fill our hearts with your love.
By the death of your Son you have given us hope, born of faith;
by his rising again fulfill this hope in the perfect love of heaven,
where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
BLESSING
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life.
In the name of the Father, + and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
