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. . . As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord . . . Joshua 25:15b
Years ABC
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610. The Entombment of Christ, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57355 [retrieved April 8, 2022].
Good Friday
Good Friday
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
. . . Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
sermons4kids: “Because Jesus loves us and so our sins can be forgiven.”
Scripture: April 18, 2025—Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (image); Psalm 22 (image); Hebrews 10:16-25 (image); and John 18:1-19:42 (image, and arrest, Peter's denial, PIlate offers Barabbus, casting lots, laid in tomb).
Collect: Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Reflection: For reflection, listen to the Eye Witness accounts, as told by storytellers of The Episcopal Church of St. Simon & St. Jude during COVID. You may also walk the stations of the cross online here.
Also: Why is this Friday called good? Is the suffering and death of Jesus something we can and should lament, in the spirit of Psalm 22:1: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Is this event something we can and should celebrate, in the spirit of Psalm 22:31, “[God] has done it” (cf. John 19:30, “It is finished”)? How is it possible both to renounce the evil of Jesus’ crucifixion and to rejoice in the saving mystery of his death and resurrection?
excerpt from Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year B, Volume 1 © 2013 Westminster John Knox Press.
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Images enhancing
the scripture
"They cast lots" by Peter Koenig
"Mocking Christ" by Peter Koenig
"Pilate washes his hands" by Peter Koenig
“Capture of Christ” (1450) by Master of the Karlsruhe Passion
“Kakindo Crucifixion” by Sam J. Ntiro (1923-1993)
Music founded
in the scripture
“Calvary” by virtual church films [it begins all in black]
“King of Suffering” by Pepper Choplin
Other voices
about the scripture
“They took the body of Jesus“, reflection and art by Jan Richardson, "those who love Christ enfold him, tend him, bless him"
“Songs of the women” by Monica Coleman , "We recognized it ["My God, why have you forsaken me"] immediately, and began to sing with him"
Movies representing some part of the scripture
"A Man for all seasons" (1966, G), tale of a man who had to choose, Review
For families: Study guide, group activity—reflect on the gospel reading; kid video
For children: Activity, bulletin
For middlers: Activity; bulletin
Coloring: Crucifixion of Jesus; Safe in his arms
For youth: Good Friday is one of the most solemn services in our church year. How do you feel when we read the special narrative from the Bible of the crucifixion and Christ’s burial? Does it make you sad? worried? helpless? Explore all those emotions. Then go back to the service in The Prayer Book and re-read the solemn collects—in private, alone—and just think on them.
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