The Friday called "Good"

Collect of the Day:   

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

 

 Read the Passion of St. John, St. John 18:1-19:42

 

 

Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle

1 Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle;
    Sing the ending of the fray.
Now above the cross, the trophy,
    Sound the loud triumphant lay;
Tell how Christ, the world’s redeemer,
    As a victim won the day.

2 Tell how, when at length the fullness
    Of the_appointed time was come,
He, the Word, was born of woman,
    Left for us His Father’s home,
Blazed the path of true obedience,
    Shone as light amidst the gloom.

3 Thus, with thirty years accomplished,
    He went forth from Nazareth,
Destined, dedicated, willing,
    Did His work, and met His death;
Like a lamb He humbly yielded
    On the cross His dying breath.

4 Faithful cross, true sign of triumph,
    Be for all the noblest tree;
None in foliage, none in blossom,
    None in fruit thine equal be;
Symbol of the world’s redemption,
    For the weight that hung on thee!

 5 Unto God be praise and glory;
    To the Father and the Son,
To the_eternal Spirit honor
    Now and evermore be done;
Praise and glory in the highest
    While the timeless ages run.

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