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March 25, 2005 – Good Friday
Revised Common Lectionary Readings
Isaiah 52:13–53:12
Psalm 22
Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9
John 18:1–19:42
Good Friday
~*Call to Worship
There is our God,
with arms spread wide in vulnerability,
embracing the whole of our life
in its every deathly reality.
*There is the Christ, our God.*
Gathered in those outstretched arms
is all that we are in our humanness –
all our failures and guilty secrets,
all our shame and responsibility
for the wounding to death of the innocent
in ourselves and in others.
*There is the Christ, our God.*
*We stand in silent awe *
*before the power of costly life.*
~*Prayer of Invocation
On this day, we hardly dare to call you closer,
O Christ.
In our trembling humanity,
we fear that we may have killed you.
It is faith alone that brings our prayer
for your presence among us.
*It is trust in your grace, grace which we *
*have rarely deserved, that emboldens us *
*to pray that you will come, Christ Jesus, *
*come to us.
Be known among us as we *
*gather today.
Amen.*
~*Prayer of Confession
O God, we can never simply stand
and watch the events of Good Friday
as though they are a story
belonging to someone else
in years gone by.
We know with grief
that we are there in your story.
We are present,
bringing with us all that was there long ago.
We, too, betray you
when things become hard or costly.
/Silent reflection./
For our every betrayal, forgive us, Jesus Christ.
*Forgive us and restore our life this day.*
We, too, turn our faces away
from those suffering injustices.
/Silent reflection./
For our every participation in injustice,
forgive us, Jesus Christ.
*Forgive us and restore our life this day.*
We, too, absolve ourselves from responsibility
for the well-being of others.
/Silent reflection./
For our every denial of responsibility,
forgive us, Jesus Christ.
*Forgive us and restore our life this day.*
We, too, are part of the violence and abuse
suffered by the innocent.
/Silent reflection./
For our every silence in the face of violence
to others, forgive us, Jesus Christ.
*Forgive us and restore our life this day.*
Death is dealt in the name of our nations,
O God,
death in war, death through need and starvation,
and death through tyrants of oppression.
/Silent reflection./
For all death that is done in our name,
forgive us, Jesus Christ.
* *
*Forgive us and restore our life this day.*
*For we bow in grief before your goodness*
*and pray that you will not do unto us that *
*which we did to you.
Amen.*
~*Words of Assurance
Even as he approaches his death,
the Christ cries out into the world
that we are forgiven.
Let us pause in silence
to honor this amazing gift.
/A silence is kept./
We are forgiven.
*Thanks be to God.*
* *
~*Prayer of Thanksgiving
Our hearts are almost too full to pray, O God,
overcome by the overwhelming grace
that flows from Jesus Christ.
We can hardly believe that this could be so,
that we are not condemned
as the one who comes in grace,
hangs painfully before us
surrounded by our death.
All we can do is to whisper our gratitude,
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