Good Friday

Crucifixion,
Agnolo Gaddi [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Daily Office Readings and Brief Reflections

Opening Sentence
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

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Today's Readings

Friday | 25 March 2016 | Good Friday
Ps. 95 22; Ps. 40:1–14 (15–19) 54; Lam. 3:1–9 19–33; 1 Pet. 1:10–20; John 13:36–38 or John 19:38–42

Psalm 22

God why have you forsaken me? I cry to you. You are the holy one! My ancestors trusted in the Lord; I trust you; I am surrounded by my enemies; Be not far away and hasten to help me; Give glory to the Lord for he does not hide his face even to the poor; All the earth will come to the Lord; I will live for the Lord and God's salvation.

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25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
    to the soul that seeks him.
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for one to bear
    the yoke in youth,
28 to sit alone in silence
    when the Lord has imposed it,
29 to put one’s mouth to the dust
    (there may yet be hope),
30 to give one’s cheek to the smiter,
    and be filled with insults.

31 For the Lord will not
    reject for ever.

1 Peter 1

Salvation is yours as foretold by the prophets and told about you; Set yourself open in Christ; be holy in all things to the God who has been since the dawn of time.

John 13

Simon asks to Jesus where are you going?  You can't go there and you will deny me...

Today - Were you there....?

Tomorrow's Readings

Saturday | 19 March 2016 | Holy Saturday/Vigil of Easter
Ps. 95 88; Ps. 27; Lam. 3:37–58; Heb. 4:1–16; Rom. 8:1–11

Collect of the Day: Good Friday

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.

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