OPENING VERSICLES
P: O Lord, open my lips,
C: and my mouth will declare Your praise.
P: Make haste, O God, to deliver me;
C: make haste to help me, O Lord.
Praise to You, O Christ, Lamb of our salvation.
PSALMODY
Psalm 22:1-24
(a candle is extinguished)
Psalm 2:1-12
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Psalm 27:1-14
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Psalm 51:1-19
THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Hymn LSB #450: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” vs. 1-3
P: The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. John, the 19th chapter.
READING: John 19:1-16a
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Hymn LSB #450: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” vs. 4-7
(Stand)
READING: John 19:16b-42
P: O Lord, have mercy on us.
C: Thanks be to God.
(a candle is extinguished)
RESPONSORY
P: We have an advocate with the Father; Jesus is the propitiation for our sins.
C: He was delivered up to death; He was delivered for the sins of the people.
P: Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven and whose sin is put away.
C: He was delivered up to death; He was delivered for the sins of the people.
P: We have an advocate with the Father; Jesus is the propitiation for our sins.
C: He was delivered up to death; He was delivered for the sins of the people.
(Sit)
Office Hymn LSB# 454: “Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle”
Sermon
(Stand)
CANTICLE: LSB 934
(one candle remains lit, lights are dimmed)
PRAYERS
P: Lord, have mercy.
C: Lord, have mercy.
P: Christ, have mercy.
C: Christ, have mercy.
P: Lord, have mercy.
C: Lord, have mercy.
C: 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.
P: The Lord be with you.
C: And with thy spirit.
P: Let us pray. Almighty God, graciously behold this Your family for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and delivered into the hands of sinful men to suffer upon the cross; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: Amen.
P: Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, You willed that Your Son should bear for us the pains of the cross and so remove from us the power of the adversary. Help us so to remember and give thanks for our Lord’s passion that we may receive forgiveness of sins and redemption from everlasting death; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
C: Amen
(The final candle is extinguished; Congregation leaves in silence with minimal light).
