The Service of Solemn Collects
Good Friday
April 2 , 2021
11:45 a.m.
Opening
On this day the ministers enter in silence.
All then stand for silent prayer.
Presider: Blessed be our God.
People: For ever and ever. Amen.
Presider
Let us pray.
Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be handed over, 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.
A Reading
Isaiah 52:13—53:12
See, my servant shall prosper;
he shall be exalted and lifted up,
and shall be very high.
Just as there were many who were astonished at him
–so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance,
and his form beyond that of mortals–
so he shall startle many nations;
kings shall shut their mouths because of him;
for that which had not been told them they shall see,
and that which they had not heard they shall contemplate.
Who has believed what we have heard?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For he grew up before him like a young plant,
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by others;
a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity;
and as one from whom others hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him of no account.
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.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
By a perversion of justice he was taken away.
Who could have imagined his future?
For he was cut off from the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people.
They made his grave with the wicked
and his tomb with the rich,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain.
When you make his life an offering for sin,
he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days;
through him the will of the Lord shall prosper.
Out of his anguish he shall see light;
he shall find satisfaction through his knowledge.
The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;
because he poured out himself to death,
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors
Lector: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
Silence follows.
The Psalm
All stand for the Psalm
Psalm 69:1-5,7-10,19-23
The Hymnal 1982, Service Music – #415 Chant setting
1 Save me, O God, *
for the waters have risen up to my neck.
2 I am sinking in deep mire, *
and there is no firm ground for my feet.
3 I have come into deep waters, *
and the torrent washes over me.
4 I have grown weary with my crying;
my throat is inflamed; *
my eyes have failed from looking for my God.
5 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; my lying foes who would destroy me are mighty. *
Must I then give back what I never stole?
7 Let not those who hope in you be put to shame
through me, Lord GOD of hosts; *
let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me,
O God of Israel.
8 Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, *
and shame has covered my face.
9 I have become a stranger to my own kindred, *
an alien to my mother’s children.
10 Zeal for your house has eaten me up; *
the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.
19 “Hide not your face from your servant; *
be swift and answer me, for I am in distress.
20 Draw near to me and redeem me; *
because of my enemies deliver me.
21 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; *
my adversaries are all in your sight.”
22 Reproach has broken my heart, and it cannot be healed; *
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for comforters, but I could find no one.
23 They gave me gall to eat, *
and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink
The Epistle
Ephesians 1:3–10
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
Lector: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
The Passion Gospel
The congregation’s part is in bold.
Deacon: The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
The people may be seated until “He handed him over..” as marked below.
John 19:1-37
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they dressed him in a purple robe.
They kept coming up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Judeans!” and striking him on the face.
Pilate went out again and said to them,
“Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no case against him.”
So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.
Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
When the chief priests and the police saw him,
they shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him;
I find no case against him.”
The Judeans answered him,
“We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has claimed to be the Son of God.”
Now when Pilate heard this, he was more afraid than ever.
He entered his headquarters again and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?”
But Jesus gave him no answer.
Pilate therefore said to him,
“Do you refuse to speak to me?
Do you not know that I have power to release you, and power to crucify you?”
Jesus answered him,
“You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above;
therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
From then on Pilate tried to release him,
but the Judeans cried out,
“If you release this man, you are no friend of the emperor. Everyone who claims to be a king sets himself against the emperor.”
When Pilate heard these words,
he brought Jesus outside
and sat on the judge’s bench
at a place called The Stone Pavement, or in Hebrew Gabbatha.
Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover;
and it was about noon.
He said to the Judeans, “Here is your King!”
They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Shall I crucify your King?”
The chief priests answered, “We have no king but the emperor.”
Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.
The congregation stands
So they took Jesus;
and carrying the cross by himself,
he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull,
which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
There they crucified him,
and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them.
Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross.
It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Judeans.”
Many of the Judeans read this inscription,
because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
Then the chief priests of the Judeans said to Pilate,
“Do not write, ‘The King of the Judeans,’ but, ‘This man said, I am King of the Judeans.’”
Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus,
they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier.
They also took his tunic;
(now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top).
So they said to one another,
“Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see who will get it.” (This was to fulfill what the scripture says,
“They divided my clothes among themselves,
and for my clothing they cast lots.”)
And that is what the soldiers did.
Meanwhile, standing near 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 beside her,
he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.”
And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.
After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished,
he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty.”
A jar full of sour wine was standing there.
So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth.
When Jesus had received the wine, he said, “It is finished.”
Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Since it was the day of Preparation,
the Judeans did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath,
especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity.
So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed.
Then 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.
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear,
and at once blood and water came out.
(He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe.
His testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the truth.)
These things occurred so that the scripture might be fulfilled, “None of his bones shall be broken.”
And again another passage of scripture says, “They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”
The Sermon
The Rev. Dr. Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski
A Hymn
Lift Every Voice and Sing – #37 Were you there?
The Solemn Collects
All standing, the deacon says to the people
Dear People of God: Our heavenly Father sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved; that all who believe in him might be delivered from the power of sin and death, and become heirs with him of everlasting life. We pray, therefore, for people everywhere according to their needs.
The people stand
The deacon says
Let us pray for the Jewish people who possess an eternal covenant with the Lord, who delivered
them from bondage to freedom
For continued faithfulness to God’s covenant with them;
For their flourishing in peace as witnesses to God’s sustaining love;
For safety from all malice and harm;
For the fullness of redemption for the sake of God’s Name.
That unity and concord may exist between Israel and the Church, Jews and Gentiles, in
obedience to God’s will.
Silence
The presider says:
God of Abraham, you planted your people Israel as the root and grafted us as wild branches into a single olive tree of praise to you: As we come near to the cross, we lament the history of prejudice and violence we have fomented between ourselves and your faithful people, of whom Jesus was born. Bless the children of your covenant, Jew and Gentile alike, as we strive together to attain the fullness of your blessing for the world. Amen.
The deacon says:
Let us pray for the holy Catholic Church of Christ throughout the world;
For its unity in witness and service
For all bishops and other ministers and the people whom they serve
For all Christians in this community
For those about to be baptized
That God will confirm the Church in faith, increase it in love, and preserve it in peace.
Silence
The presider says:
Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
The deacon says:
Let us pray for all nations and peoples of the earth, and for those in authority among them;
For Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the President of the United States
For the Congress and the Supreme Court
For the Members and Representatives of the United Nations
For all who serve the common good
That by God’s help they may seek justice and truth, and live in peace and concord.
Silence
The presider says:
Almighty God, kindle, we pray, in every heart the true love of peace, and guide with your wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth; that in tranquility your dominion may increase, until the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The deacon says:
Let us pray for those who have not embraced Christ’s redemptive love;
For those who are distant from God
For those who have lost their faith
For those without faith
For those hardened by sin and indifference
For the contemptuous and the scornful
For those who have been wounded by the people of Christ
For those who have persecuted others in the name of Christ
For those who are persecutors of his disciples,
That God will lead sinners to repentance, and sustain all in a life of faith and obedience.
Silence
The presider says:
Merciful God, the source of life and fountain of mercy, let the Gospel of your Son Jesus Christ
be preached with grace and power; turn the hearts of the followers of Jesus who have harmed
others in his name; lead us to repentance and amendment of life; and sustain by your loving grace
all who lift their eyes to you. Amen.
The deacon says:
Let us pray for all who suffer and are afflicted in body or in mind;
For those who are hungry and homeless, destitute and oppressed
For those who are ill or disabled, in body, mind, or spirit
For those in loneliness, fear, and anguish
For those who face temptation, doubt, and despair
For those who are sorrowful and bereaved
For those who are persecuted for the sake of Christ
For prisoners, refugees, and captives
For victims of war, genocide, and trafficking, and all those in mortal danger
That God in his mercy will comfort and relieve them, and grant them the knowledge of his love, and stir
up in us the will and patience to minister to their needs.
Silence
The presider says:
Gracious God, the comfort of all who sorrow, the strength of all who suffer: Let the cry of those in misery
and need come to you, that they may find your mercy present with them in all their afflictions; and give
us, we pray, the strength to serve them for the sake of him who suffered for us, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The deacon concludes the solemn collects, saying
Let us commit ourselves to our God, and pray for the grace of a holy life, that, with all who have departed this world and have died in the peace of Christ, and those whose faith is known to God alone, we may be accounted worthy to enter into the fullness of the joy of our Lord, and receive the crown of life in the day of resurrection.
Silence
The presider says:
O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry out in tranquility the plan of salvation; let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had Grown old are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
Presider: Let us pray
All
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
The Concluding Collect
The presider then prays:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, we pray you to set your passion, cross, and death between your judgment and our souls, now and in the hour of our death. Give mercy and grace to the living; pardon and rest to the dead; to your holy Church peace and concord; and to us sinners everlasting life and glory; for with the Father and Holy Spirit you live and reign, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The congregations depart in silence
Ministers
Presider: The Rev. Hope Benko
Deacon at the Solemn Collects: The Rev. Addie Tyler
Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski
Readers: Andrew Gordon, Sadie Koppelberger
Deacon “Jesus”: The Rev. Toni Belhu
Deacon at the Gospel: The Rev. Santi Rodriguez
Passion Reader “Pilate”: Carrie Wright
Passion Reader: John Fountain
Cantor: Alyssa Stebbing
Director of Music: Kevin McClure
Sacristans: Barbara White, The Rev. Toni Belhu, Brandon Haynes, Sarah Diener-Schlitt, Meghan Carlson, Eric Bumgardner
