03/04/2015
PRAYER BEFORE THE ALTER
O Jesus, our adorable Saviour, behold us kneeling at thy feet, imploring thy mercy for ourselves, and for the souls of all the faithful departed.
Grant that while we trace this path of sights and tears our hearts may be so touched with contrition and repentance that we may be ready to embrace with joy all the crosses and sufferings and humiliations of this our life and pilgrimage. Amen
JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
It was for us that thou didst suffer, O blessed Jesus, it was for our sins thou east condemned to die. O grant that we may detest them from the bottom of our hearts, and by this repentance obtain thy mercy and pardon. Amen
JESUS RECEIVE THE CROSS
O Jesus, grant us, by virtue of thy Cross, to embrace with meekness and cheerful submission the difficulties of my our states, and to be ever ready to take up out cross and follow thee. Amen
THE CROSS IS LAID ON SIMON OF CYRENE
O Lord Jesus, may it be our privilege also to beat the cross, may we glory in nothing else, by it may the world be crucified unto us, and we onto the world, may we never shrink from suffering, but rather rejoice if we should be counted worthy to suffer for thy name's sake. Amen
THE WOMAN OF JERUSALEM MOURN FOR THE LORD
O Lord Jesus, we mourn, and will mourn, both for thee and for ourselves, for thy sufferings, and for our sins which caused them. O teach us so to mourn that we may be comforted, and escape those dreadful judgements prepared for all who reject or neglect thee in this life. Amen.
JESUS IS STRIPED OF HIS GARMENT
O Lord Jesus, thou didst endure this shame for our most shameful deeds. Strip us, we beseech thee of all false shame, conceit, and pride, and make us so to humble ourselves willingly In this life, that we may escape everlasting shame in the world to come. Amen.
JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS
O Jesus, nailed to the Cross, fasten our hearts there also, that they may be unites to thee until death shall strike us with its fatal blow, and with our last breath we field up our siuks to thee. Amen.
JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS
O Jesus, we devoutly embrace that honoured Cross, where thou didst love us even unto death. In that death we place all our confidence. Henceforth let us live only for thee and in dying for thee, let us die living thee, and in thy sacred arms. Amen.
THE BODY OF JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS
O Mary blessed Mother of my God, thou bearest in thine arms thine only Son, now dead, who often rested his head in sleep upon thy breast. Pray for us, that as thou holdest him lifeless in death he may beat us up in the hour of our death in his everlasting arms. Amen.
THE BODY OF JESUS IS LAID IN THE SEPULCHRE
We too, O God, will descend into the grave whenever it shall please thee, as it shall please thee, and wheresoever it shall please thee. Let thy just decrees be fulfilled, let our sinful bodies return to their parent dust, but do thou, in thy great mercy, receive our immortal souls, and when our bodies have risen again, place them likewise in thy kingdom, that we may live and bless for ever and ever. Amen.
CONCLUDING PRAYERS
Almighty God, we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the Cross. Who now liveth and reigneth with thee in he unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
May our Lord Jesus Christ bless us, who for us was scourged, laden with his Cross, and crucified Amen.
On This Holy Day May His
Light Guide Your Path May His Love Grace Your Heart
And May His Scarifice Strengthen
Your Soul!
Dear Lord, thank you for the precious blood of your Son, Jesus Christ. Having been justified by His blood, eternal life is mine. His blood, which was poured out for remission of sins gives me the right to a life of glory, peace, and dominion. I celebrate my treasured salvation, consummated by the blood of Christ, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Happy Good Friday 2015 for all
