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You may find it helpful to have a space as a focus for your prayer. This might include a crucifix, icon or another holy image, and a lighted candle.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (GOOD FRIDAY)<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe liturgy applies to Jesus’s descent into the night of death the words of Psalm 23[24]: “Lift up your heads, O gates; be lifted up, I ancient doors!” The gates of death are closed, no one can return from there. There is no key for those iron doors. But Christ has the key. His Cross opens wide the gates of death, the stern doors. They are barred no longer. His Cross, his radical love, is the key that opens them. The love of the One who, though God, became man in order to die – this love has the power to open those doors. This love is stronger than death.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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It is accomplished.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWe celebrate the passion and death of the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ died that we might live, and by his wounds we are healed. He transforms the Cross of shame into a symbol of triumph. We join in his sufferings through the giving of our lives to him, knowing that if we die with him we will also rise with him.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWe enter our Church in silence.<\/em>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFather approaches the altar, makes reverence, then kneels and prays in silence. We too, all kneel.<\/em>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Prayer<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRemember your mercies, O Lord,\r\nand with your eternal protection sanctify your servants,\r\nfor whom Christ your Son,\r\nby the shedding of his Blood,\r\nestablished the Paschal Mystery.\r\nWho lives and reigns for ever and ever.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

First Reading<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A reading from the prophet Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

He was pierced through for our faults.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSee, my servant will prosper,\r\nhe shall be lifted up, exalted, rise to great heights.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAs the crowds were appalled on seeing him\r\n– so disfigured did he look\r\nthat he seemed no longer human –\r\nso will the crowds be astonished at him,\r\nand kings stand speechless before him;\r\nfor they shall see something never told\r\nand witness something never heard before:\r\n“Who could believe what we have heard,\r\nand to whom has the power of the Lord been revealed?”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLike a sapling he grew up in front of us,\r\nlike a root in arid ground.\r\nWithout beauty, without majesty (we saw him),\r\nno looks to attract our eyes;\r\na thing despised and rejected by men,\r\na man of sorrows and familiar with suffering,\r\na man to make people screen their faces;\r\nhe was despised and we took no account of him.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd yet our were the sufferings he bore,\r\nours the sorrows he carried.\r\nBut we, we thought of him as someone punished,\r\nstruck by God, and brought low.\r\nYet he was pierced through for our faults,\r\ncrushed for our sins.\r\nOn him lies a punishment that brings us peace,\r\nand through his wounds we are healed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWe had all gone astray like sheep,\r\neach taking his own way,\r\nand the Lord burdened him\r\nwith the sins of all of us.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHarshly dealt with, he bore it humbly,\r\nhe never opened his mouth,\r\nlike a lamb that is led to the slaughter-house,\r\nlike a sheep that is dumb before its shearers\r\nnever opening its mouth.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBy force and by law he was taken;\r\nwould anyone plead his cause?\r\nYes, he was torn away from the land of the living;\r\nfor our faults struck down in death.\r\nThey gave him a grave with the wicked,\r\na tomb with the rich,\r\nthough he had done no wrong\r\nand there had been no perjury in his mouth.\r\nThe Lord has been pleased to crush him with suffering.\r\nIf he offers his life in atonement,\r\nhe shall see his heirs, he shall have a long life\r\nand through him what the Lord wishes will be done.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHis soul’s anguish over\r\nhe shall see the light and be content.\r\nBy his sufferings shall my servant justify many,\r\ntaking their faults on himself.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHence I will grant whole hordes for his tribute,\r\nhe shall divide the spoil with the mighty,\r\nfor surrendering himself to death\r\nand letting himself be taken for a sinner,\r\nwhile he was bearing the faults of many\r\nand praying all the time for the sinners.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe word of the Lord.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Responsorial Psalm<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Psalm 30:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25. R. Lk 23:46<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFather, into your hands I commend my spirit.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn you, O Lord, I take refuge.\r\nLet me never be put to shame.\r\nIn your justice, set me free.\r\nInto your hands I commend my spirit.\r\nIt is you who will redeem me, Lord. R.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn the face of all my foes\r\nI am a reproach,\r\nan object of scorn to my neighbours\r\nand of fear to my friends. R.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThose who see me in the street\r\nrun far away from me.\r\nI am like a dead man, forgotten in men’s hearts,\r\nlike a thing thrown away. R.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBut as for me, I trust in you, Lord,\r\nI say: “You are my God.”\r\nMy life is in your hands, deliver me\r\nfrom the hands of those who hate me. R.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLet your face shine on your servant.\r\nSave me in your love.\r\nBe strong, let your heart take courage,\r\nall who hope in the Lord. R.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Second Reading<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A reading from the letter to the Hebrews 4: 14-16; 5: 7-9<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

He learnt to obey through suffering and became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSince in Jesus, the Son of God, we have the supreme high priest who has gone through to the highest heaven, we must never let go of the faith that we have professed. For it is not as if we had a high priest who was incapable of feeling our weaknesses with us; but we have one who has been tempted in every way that we are, though he is without sin. Let us be confident, then, in approaching the throne of grace, that we shall have mercy from him and find grace when we are in need of help.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDuring his life on earth, he offered up prayer and entreaty, aloud and in silent tears, to the one who had the power to save him out of death, and he submitted so humbly that his prayer was heard. Although he was a Son, he learnt to obey through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe word of the Lord.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Gospel Acclamation<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGlory and praise to you, O Christ!<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nChrist was humbler yet,\r\neven to accepting death, death on a cross.\r\nBut God raised him high\r\nand gave him the name which is above all names.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGlory and praise to you, O Christ!<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Gospel<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John 18:1 – 19:42<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe symbols in the following passion narrative represent:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN – Narrator\r\nJ – Jesus\r\nO – Other single speaker\r\nC – Crowd, or more than one speaker\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nJesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kedron Valley. There was a garden there, and he went into it with his disciples. Judas the traitor knew the place well, since Jesus had often met his disciples there, and he brought the cohort to this place together with a detachment of guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees, all with lanterns and torches and weapons. Knowing everything that was going to happen to him, Jesus then came forward and said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nWho are you looking for?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThey answered,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nJesus the Nazarene.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nHe said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nI am he.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nNow Judas the traitor was standing among them. When Jesus said, ‘I am he.’, they moved back and fell to the ground. He asked them a second time,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nWho are you looking for?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThey said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nJesus the Nazarene.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nJesus replied,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nI have told you that I am he. If I am the one you are looking for, let these others go.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThis was to fulfil the words he has spoken: ‘Not one of those you gave me have I lost.’\r\nSimon Peter, who carried a sword, drew it and wounded the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malcus. Jesus said to Peter,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nPut your sword back in its scabbard; am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThe cohort and its captain and the Jewish guards seized Jesus and bound him. They took him first to Annas, because Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year. It was Caiaphas who had suggested to the Jews, ‘It is better for one man to die for the people.’\r\nSimon Peter, with another disciple, followed Jesus. This disciple, who was known to the high priest, went with Jesus into the high priest’s palace, but Peter stayed outside the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the woman who was keeping the door and brought Peter in. The maid on duty at the door said to Peter,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nAren’t you another of that man’s disciples?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nHe answered,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nI am not.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nNow it was cold and the servants and guards had lit a charcoal fire and were standing there warming themselves; so Peter stood there too, warming himself with the others.\r\nThe high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. Jesus answered,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nI have spoken openly for all the world to hear; I have always taught in the synagogue and in the Temple where all the Jews meet together: I have said nothing in secret. But why ask me? Ask my hearers what I taught: they know what I said.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nAt these words, one of the guards standing by gave Jesus a slap in the face, saying,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nIs that the way to answer the high priest?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nJesus replied,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nIf there is something wrong in what I said, point it out; but if there is no offence in it, why do you strike me?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThen Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas, the high priest. As Simon Peter stood there warming himself, someone said to him,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nAren’t you another of his disciples?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nHe denied it saying,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nI am not.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nOne of the high priest’s servants, a relation of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nDidn’t I see you in the garden with him?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nAgain Peter denied it, and at once the cock crew.\r\nThey then led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium.\r\nIt was now morning. They did not go into the Praetorium themselves or they would be defiled and unable to eat the passover. So Pilate came outside to them and said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nWhat charge do you bring against this man?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThey replied,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nIf he were not a criminal, we should not be handing him over to you.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nPilate said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nTake him yourselves, and try him by your own Law.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThe Jews answered,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nWe are not allowed to put a man to death.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThis was to fulfil the words Jesus had spoken indicating the way he was going to die.\r\nSo Pilate went back into the Praetorium and called Jesus to him, and asked,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nAre you the king of the Jews?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nJesus replied,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nDo you ask this of your own accord, or have others spoken to you about me?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nPilate answered,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nAm I a Jew? It is your own people and the chief priests who have handed you over to me: what have you done?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nJesus replied,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nMine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have fought to prevent me being surrendered to the Jews. But my kingdom is not of this kind.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nPilate said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nSo you are the king them?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nJesus answered,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nIt is you who say it. Yes, I am a king. I was born for this; I came into the world for this; to bear witness to the truth, and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nPilate said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nTruth? What is that?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nAnd with that he went out again to the Jews and said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nI find no case against him. But according to a custom of yours I should release one prisioner at the Passover; would you like me, them, to release the king of the Jews?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nAt this they shouted:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nNot this man, but Barabbas.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nBarabbas was a brigand.\r\nPilate then had Jesus taken away and scourged; and after this, the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple robe. They kept coming up to him and saying,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nHail, king of the Jews!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nand they slapped him in the face.\r\nPilate came outside again and said to them,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nLook, I am going to bring him out to you to let you see that I find to case.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nJesus them came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.\r\nPilate said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nHere is the man.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nWhen they saw him the chief priests and the guards shouted,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nCrucify him! Crucify him!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nPilate said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nTake him yourselves and crucify him: I can find no case against him.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThe Jews replied,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nWe have a Law, and according to the Law he ought to die, because he has claimed to be the son of God.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nWhen Pilate heard them say this his fears increased. Re-entering the Praetorium, he said to Jesus,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nWhere do you come from?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nBut Jesus made no answer. Pilate then said to him,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nAre you refusing to speak to me? Surely you know I have the power to release you and I have power to crucify you?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nJesus replied,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nYou would have no power over me if it had not been given you from above; that is why the one who handed me over to you has the greater guilt.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nFrom that moment Pilate was anxious to set him free, but the Jews shouted,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nIf you set him free you are no friend of Caesar’s; anyone who makes himself king is defying Caesar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nHearing these words, Pilate had Jesus brought out, and seated himself on the chair of judgement at a place called the Pavement, in Hebrew Gabbatha. It was Passover Preparation Day, about the sixth hour. Pilate said to the Jews,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nHere is your king.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThey said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nTake him away, take him away. Crucify him!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nPilate said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nDo you want me to crucify your king?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThe chief priests answered,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nWe have no king except Caesar.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nSo in the end Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.\r\nThey then took charge of Jesus, and carrying his own cross he went out of the city to the place of the skull, or, at it was called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified him with two others, one on either side with Jesus in the middle. Pilate wrote out a notice and had it fixed to the cross; it ran: ‘Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews.’ This notice was read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was not far from the city, and the writing was in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. So the Jewish chief priests said to Pilate,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nYou should not write ‘King of the Jews’, but ‘This man said: I am King of the Jews’.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nPilate answered,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO\r\nWhat I have written, I have written.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nWhen the soldiers had finished crucifying Jesus they took his clothing and divided it into four shares, one for each solider. His undergarment was seamless, woven in one piece from neck to hem; so they said to one another,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nC\r\nInstead of tearing it, let’s throw dice to decide who is to have it.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nIn this way the words of scripture were fulfilled:\r\nThey shared out my clothing among them.\r\nThey cast lots for my clothes.\r\nThis is exactly what the soldiers did.\r\nNear the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary the Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nWoman, this is your son.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nThen to the disciple he said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nThis is your mother.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nAnd from that moment the disciple made a place for her in his home.\r\nAfter this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed, and to fulfil the scripture perfectly he said:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nI am thirsty.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nA jar full of vinegar stood there, so putting a sponge soaked in vinegar on a hyssop stick they held it up to his mouth. After Jesus had taken the vinegar he said,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJ\r\nIt is accomplished;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nand bowing his head he gave up the spirit.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

At this point, we all kneel and pause for a moment.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nN\r\nIt was Preparation Day, and to prevant the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath – since that sabbath was a day of special solemnity – the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. Consequently the soldiers came and broke the kegs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other. When they came to Jesus, they found that he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water. This is the evidence of one who saw it – trustworthy evidence, and he knows he speaks the truth – and he gives it so that you may believe as well.\r\nBecause all this happened to fulfil the words of scripture:\r\nNot one bone of his will be broken,\r\nand again, in another place scripture says:\r\nThey will look on the one whom they have pierced.\r\nAfter this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus – though a secret one because he was afraid of the Jews – asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave permission, so they came and took it away. Nicodemus came as well – the same one who had first come to Jesus at night – time – and he brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds. They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, following the Jewish burial custom. At the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been buried. Since it was the Jewish Day of Preparation and the tomb was near at hand, they laid Jesus there.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Gospel of the Lord.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Solemn Intercessions<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I. For holy Church<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLet us pray, dearly beloved, for the holy Church of God,\r\nthat our God and Lord be pleased to give her peace,\r\nto guard her and to unite her throughout the whole world\r\nand grant that, leading our life in tranquillity and quiet,\r\nwe may glorify God the Father almighty.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Silent prayer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlmighty ever-living God,\r\nwho in Christ revealed your glory to all the nations,\r\nwatch over the work of your mercy,\r\nthat your Church, spread throughout all the world,\r\nmay persevere with steadfast faith in confessing your name.\r\nThrough Christ our Lord.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

II. For the Pope<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLet us pray also for our most Holy Father Pope Francis,\r\nthat out God and Lord,\r\nwho chose him for the Order of Bishops,\r\nmay keep him safe and unharmed for the Lord’s holy Church,\r\nto govern the holy People of God.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Silent prayer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlmighty ever-living God,\r\nby whose decree all things are founded,\r\nlook with favour on our prayers\r\nand in your kindness protect the Pope chosen for us,\r\nthat, under him, the Christian people,\r\ngoverned by you their maker,\r\nmay grow in merit by reason of their faith.\r\nThrough Christ our Lord.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

III. For all order and degrees of the faithful<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLet us pray also for our Bishop Patrick Lynch,\r\nfor all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons of the Church\r\nand for the whole of the faithful people.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Silent prayer<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlmighty ever-living God,\r\nby whose Spirit the whole body of the Church\r\nis sanctified and governed,\r\nhear our humble prayer for your ministers,\r\nthat, by the gift of your grace,\r\nall may serve you faithfully.\r\nThrough Christ our Lord.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

IV. For catechumens<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLet us pray also for catechumens,\r\nthat our God and Lord\r\nmay open wide the ears of their inmost hearts\r\nand unlock the gates of his mercy,\r\nthat, having received forgiveness of all their sins\r\nthrough the waters of rebirth,\r\nthey, too may be one with Christ Jesus our Lord.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Silent prayer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlmighty ever-living God,\r\nwho make your Church ever fruitful with new offspring,\r\nincrease the faith and understanding of catechumens,\r\nthat, reborn in the font of Baptism,\r\nthey may be added to the number of your adopted children.\r\nThrough Christ our Lord.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

V. For the unity of Christians<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLet us pray also for all our brothers and sisters who believe in Christ,\r\nthat our God and Lord may be pleased,\r\nas they live the truth,\r\nto gather them together and keep them in his one Church.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Silent prayer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlmighty ever-living God,\r\nwho gather what is scattered\r\nand keep together what you have gathered,\r\nlook kindly on the flock of your Son,\r\nthat those whom one Baptism has consecrated\r\nmay be joined together by integrity of faith\r\nand united in the bond of charity.\r\nThrough Christ our Lord.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

VI. For the Jewish people<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLet us pray also for the Jewish people,\r\nto whom the Lord our God spoke first,\r\nthat he may grant them to advance in love of his name\r\nand in faithfulness to his covenant.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Silent prayer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlmighty ever-living God,\r\nwho bestowed your promises on Abraham and his descendants,\r\ngraciously hear the prayers of your Church,\r\nthat the people you first made your own\r\nmay attain the fullness of redemption.\r\nThrough Christ our Lord.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

VII. For those who do not believe in Christ.<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLet us pray also for those who do not believe in Christ,\r\nthat, enlightened by the Holy Spirit,\r\nthey, too, may enter on the way of salvation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Silent prayer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlmighty ever-living God,\r\ngrant to those who do not confess Christ\r\nthat, by walking before you with a sincere heart,\r\nthey may find the truth\r\nand that we ourselves, being constant in mutual love\r\nand striving to understand more fully the mystery of your life,\r\nmay be made more perfect witnesses to your love in the world.\r\nThrough Christ our Lord.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

VIII. For those who do not believe in God<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLet us pray also for those who do not acknowledge God,\r\nthat, following what is right in sincerity of heart,\r\nthey may find the way to God himself.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Silent prayer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlmighty ever-living God,\r\nwho created all people\r\nto seek you always by desiring you\r\nand, by finding you, come to rest,\r\ngrant we pray,\r\nthat, despite every harmful obstacle,\r\nall may recognise the signs of your fatherly love\r\nand the witness of the good works\r\ndone by those who believe in you,\r\nand so in gladness confess you,\r\nthe one true God and Father of our human race.\r\nThrough Christ our Lord.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

IX. For those in public office<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLet us pray also for those in public office,\r\nthat our God and Lord\r\nmay direct their minds and hearts according to his will\r\nfor the true peace and freedom of all.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Silent prayer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlmighty ever-living God,\r\nin whose hand lies every human heart\r\nand the rights of peoples,\r\nlook with favour, we pray,\r\non those who govern with authority over us,\r\nthat throughout the whole world,\r\nthe prosperity of peoples,\r\nthe assurance of peace,\r\nand freedom of religion\r\nmay through your gift be made secure.\r\nThrough Christ our Lord.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

X. For those in tribulation<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLet us pray, dearly beloved,\r\nto God the Father almighty,\r\nthat he may cleanse the world of all errors,\r\nbanish disease, drive out hunger,\r\nunlock prisons, loosen fetters,\r\ngranting to traveller safety, to pilgrims return,\r\nhealth to the sick, and salvation to the dying.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Silent prayer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlmighty ever-living God,\r\ncomfort of mourners, strength of all who toil,\r\nmay the prayers of those who cry out in any tribulation\r\ncome before you,\r\nthat all may rejoice,\r\nbecause in their hour of need\r\nyour mercy was at hand.\r\nThrough Christ our Lord.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Adoration of the Holy Cross<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAs the Cross is brought from the back of the Church, it is gradually unveiled, and shown three times, as way is made to the Sanctuary<\/em>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDuring the Adoration of the Cross, as we approach and venerate the cross, the antiphone ‘We adore you Cross, O Lord’, is said followed by The Reproaches. <\/em>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Holy Communion<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe altar is prepared and Father brings the Blessed Sacrament from the place of repose (Our Lady’s Chapel) to the altar, while we stand in silence. Afterwards, we recite the Lord’s Prayer<\/em>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Lord\u2019s Prayer<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOur Father, who art in heaven,\r\nhallowed by thy name;\r\nthey kingdom come,\r\nthy will be done\r\non earth as it is in heaven.\r\nGive us this day our daily bread,\r\nand forgive us our trespasses,\r\nas we forgive those who trespass against us;\r\nand lead us not into temptation,\r\nbut deliver us from evil.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAfter genuflecting to the Cross, we depart in silence.<\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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