The Celebration of the Lord's Passion

including the Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion

Friday, April 18, 2025
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Good Friday

Good Friday


Almighty God, we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.


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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.

CelebrantFr. Turner
PreacherThe Very Rev. McGowan, Dean and President, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
DeaconMo. Turner
SubdeaconFr. Gioia
Sung byThe Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
The LessonIsaiah 52:13–53:12
Psalm22:1-18 (Plainsong/Tone II1)
The EpistleHebrews 10:16-25
HymnSing, my tongue, the glorious battle – PANGE LINGUA
The Passion According to Saint Johnby Jeremy Filsell (b. 1964)
Hymn160 – Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow – CROSS OF JESUS
Good Friday Anthemsby Russell Schulz-Widmar (b. 1944)
AnthemLamentation, by Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946)
Agnus DeiMass in B Minor, by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
AnthemGive me that stranger, by Michael McCarthy (b. 1955)
MeditationSarabande from Cello Suite No. 3, by Johann Sebastian Bach

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