SERVICE OF TENEBRAE
Introit
#220, vv. 1-2 “Go to Dark Gethsemane”
Opening Sentences
He was despised and rejected by others, a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity.
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.
For he did not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted; he did not hide his face from me, but heard me when I cried.
Opening Prayer
Luke 23:32- 38
“Abba forgive them. They don’t know what they are doing”
A Light is Lost
Hymn #228 “Were You There?”
Luke 23:39-43
“The truth is, today you’ll be with me in paradise!”
A Light is Lost
Hymn #218 “Ah, Holy Jesus”
John 19:25-27
“Here is your son.”
“Here is your mother.”
A Light is Lost
Hymn #212 “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed”
Matthew 27:45-48
“Eli, Eli, lama sa-bachthani?”
A Light is Lost
Hymn #219 “They Crucified My Lord”
John 19:28
“I am thirsty.”
A Light is Lost
Hymn #209 “My Song Is Love Unknown”
John 19:29-30
“It is finished.”
A Light is Lost
Hymn #221 “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
Luke 23:44-46
“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.”
Hymn #220, v. 3 “Go to Dark Gethsemane”
A Light is Lost
Solemn Reproaches of the Cross
Congregation Response: Holy God, Holy and mighty, Holy immortal One, have mercy upon us.
Silent Meditation
A Light Still Shines
All Depart in Silence