Holy Week 2008 – Good Friday

ENTER IN SILENCE

REFLECTION

Not to flood darkness with light so that the darkness is destroyed,

but to enter into darkness, mystery, so that it is experienced.

Denise Levertov

 

CHANT     

Taize Songbook # 14

            Our darkness is never darkness in your sight:

            the deepest night is clear as the daylight.

Reading from Isaiah (52:13-53:12)    

 

CHANT                                            

Taize Songbook # 14

            Our darkness is never darkness in your sight:

            the deepest night is clear as the daylight.

 

SILENCE

Reading of Psalm 22

 

CHANT                   

Kyrie Eleison

            

SILENCE

Reading from Hebrews (10:16-25)

 

CHANT                    

Kyrie Eleison                            

 

SILENCE

PRAYERS

COMMUNITY PRAYERS

UNISON PRAYER

All:        O Birther! Father – Mother of the Cosmos

            focus your light within us – make it useful.

            Create your reign of unity now –

            through our fiery hearts and willing hands.

            Help us love beyond our ideals

            and sprout acts of compassion

            for all creatures.

            Animate the earth within us:

            we then feel the Wisdom underneath supporting all.

            Untangle the knots within

            so that we can mend

            our hearts’ simple ties to each other.

            Don’t let surface things delude us,

            but free us

            from what holds us back

            from our true purpose.

            Out of you, the astonishing fire,

            returning light and sound to the cosmos.

            Amen.

Reading from the Gospel of St. John (18:1-19:42)

 

CHANT                                    

Taize Songbook # 20

O Lord, hear my prayer

 

DEPART IN SILENCE