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Rock of AgesGood Friday Tenebrae Vespers

OPENING VERSICLESPO Lord, open my lips,CAnd my mouth will declare your praise.PMake haste, O God, to deliver me;CMake haste to help me, O Lord.Praise to you, O Christ, Lamb of our salvation.

PSALMODYPsalms 13:1-5How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will you hide Your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy say, I have prevailed over him, lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.But I have trusted in Your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (vs 1)O sacred Head, now wounded,With grief and shame weighed down,Now scornfully surroundedWith thorns, Thine only crown.O sacred Head, what glory,What bliss, till now was Thine!Yet, though despised and gory,I joy to call Thee mine.

And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, He is calling Elijah." And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to Him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down." And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed His last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood facing Him, saw that in this way He breathed His last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!" (Mark 15:35-39)HOMILYOutsiderPastor Michael

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O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (vs 2)Men mock and taunt and jeer Thee,Thou noble countenance,Though mighty worlds shall fear TheeAnd flee before Thy glance.How art thou pale with anguish,With sore abuse and scorn!How doth Thy visage languish,That once was bright as morn!

John 18:2840: Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover. So Pilate went outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?" They answered him, "If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you." Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death." This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?" Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?" Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world."

Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice." Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, "I find no guilt in him. But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" They cried out again, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

Were You There?Were you there when they shouted, Crucify Him!?Were you there when they shouted, Crucify Him!?O! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.Were you there when they shouted, Crucify Him!?

John 19:1-16: Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands. Pilate went out again and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him." So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold the man!" When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!"

Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him." The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God." When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid. He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer. So Pilate said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?" Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above.

Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin." From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar." So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover..

It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!" They cried out, "Away with him, away with him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar." So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.

A candle is extinguished and removed from the altar

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (vs 3)Now from Thy cheeks has vanishedTheir color, once so fair;From Thy red lips is banishedThe splendor that was there.Grim Death, with cruel rigor,Hath robbed Thee of Thy life;Thus Thou has lost Thy vigor,Thy strength, in this sad strife.

John 19:17-27: So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.'" Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written.

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, so they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be." This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots." So the soldiers did these things,

but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

Were You There?Were you there when Gods grace flowed from His wounds? Were you there when the Blood and Water flowed? O! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.Were you there when He healed us with His wounds?

John 19:28-42: After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst." A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. He who saw it has borne witness--his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth--that you also may believe..

For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken." And again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they have pierced." After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.

Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.A candle is extinguished and removed from the altar

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (vs 4)My burden in Thy Passion,Lord, Thou hast borne for me,For it was my transgressionWhich brought this woe on Thee.I cast me down before Thee,Wrath were my rightful lot;Have mercy, I implore Thee;Redeemer, spurn me not!PO Lord, have mercy on us.CThanks be to God.

RESPONSORYPWe have an advocate with the Father; Jesus is the propitiation for our sins.CHe was delivered up to death; He was delivered for the sins of the people.PBlessed is he whose transgression is forgiven and whose sin is put away.CHe was delivered up to death; He was delivered for the sins of the people.PWe have an advocate with the Father; Jesus is the propitiation for our sins.CHe was delivered up to death; He was delivered for the sins of the people.

In the Cross of Christ I GloryIn the cross of Christ I glory,Towering over the wrecks of time.All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.

Please be seated

CANTICLELORD, I have heard the report about You. LORD, I fear Your work. In the course of the years, renew it. In the course of the years, reveal it. In all this chaos, remember to be merciful. God comes from Teman. The Holy One comes from Mount Paran. His splendor covers the heavens. His praise fills the earth.

Three lights are extinguished from each candelabra

His brightness is like the sunlight. Rays of light stream from His hand. That is where His power is hidden. Diseases go ahead of Him. Plagues follow after Him.

Three lights are extinguished from each candelabra

He stands and shakes the earth. He casts a glance and startles the nations. The oldest mountains break apart. The ancient hills sink. The ancient paths belong to Him. I see trouble in the tents of Cushan. I see trembling in the tents of Midian.

Three lights are extinguished from each candelabra

The LORD is not angry with the rivers, is He? If You are angry with the rivers, if You are furious with the sea, why do You ride Your horses, Your chariots of salvation? You get Your bow ready for action, for the arrows You promised. You split the land with rivers.

The loft lights are extinguished half way

The mountains look at You. They writhe in pain. Floodwaters pass by. The deep ocean roars. Its waves rise up high. The sun and the moon stand still. They scatter at the light of Your arrows, at the bright lightning of Your spear.

The loft lights are extinguished completely

You march through the earth with fury. You trample the nations in anger. You go out to save Your people, to save Your anointed. You crush the leader of the wicked household, stripping him bare from head to toe.

The wall sconce lights are dimmed half way

You pierce the leader of his gang with his own arrows. His soldiers come like a violent storm to scatter me. They are arrogant like those who secretly eat up the poor. You march with Your horses into the sea, into the mighty raging waters.

The church lights are dimmed half way

I have heard, so theres trembling within me. At the report my lips quivered. A rotten feeling has entered me. I tremble where I stand. I wait for the day of trouble to come to the people who will attack us. Even if the fig tree does not bloom and the vines have no grapes, even if the olive tree fails to produce and the fields yield no food, even if the sheep pen is empty and the stalls have no cattle-

The church lights are dimmed to minimum

Even then, I will be happy with the LORD. I will truly find joy in God, who saves me. The LORD Almighty is my strength. He makes my feet like those of a deer. He makes me walk on the mountains.

Only the Christ Candle remains lit; church lights are at a minimum

PAlmighty God, graciously behold this Your family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and delivered into the hands of sinful men and to suffer death on the Cross; through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.CAmen.

The Christ Candle is carried out

Strepitus and then Pastor carries out the altar BibleThe congregation follows in silence

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