Good Friday!

[quietbloke]

'And I surrender all to You!

 

[Shane Patrick Morrison]

What if we both surrender, I suppose it's just a type of hug

 

[Petros2015]

Good morning on Good Friday quietbloke God bless you and your family.

 

[musicalpilgrim]

In Luke 23:44, we read, It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour (i.e., from noon until 3:00 PM).

 

[Anthony2019]

On Good Friday, traditionally I have always taken part in the devotions of the 14 Stations of the Cross, commemorating the Passion of Christ. It is a kind of pilgrimage where we would walk around the church stopping at the different stations and it would include prayers and reflections and, even from a very young age, I always found these reflections deeply moving. Years ago, we would conclude the service by meeting in the church hall for coffee and hot cross buns.

 

[Taodeching]

 

[Anthony2019]

1) Jesus is condemned to death

Jesus, you know what it means to stand alone
in front of those who reject you
and don’t understand you.
Walk with us.
When we feel that we can’t make a difference,
help us to keep going.
Teach us to share your love.

2) Jesus carries his cross

Jesus, your love led you to take up the cross.
Walk with us.
When we feel afraid, help us to be brave.
Give us the courage to speak out to change our world,
so that all our sisters and brothers
can experience justice.

3) Jesus falls for the first time

Jesus, you know how it feels to struggle and to fall.
Walk with us.
Show us how to walk with others,
to know what it feels like to be in another’s shoes.
You reach out to us with caring hands.
Show us how to join our hands with communities around the world
who are bringing hope to their people.

4) Jesus meets his mother

Jesus, you looked through the crowd
and saw your mother’s eyes.
Her love gave you the strength to carry on.
Walk with us.
When we don’t want to listen,
open our ears to hear.
When it would be easier to look away,
open our eyes to see.

5) Simon of Cyrene carries the cross

Jesus, you know what it means
to depend on someone and to need their help.
Walk with us.
When my friends need help,
teach me to work with them to lighten their load.
Show me how to listen carefully so that I can offer what they need.
We are your global family of many different colours, cultures and religions.
Make us one family united in you.

6) Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

Jesus, you know how it feels
to be hurt and to cry out in pain and fear.
Walk with us.
Show us how to walk together with others.
Show us how to love the people around us
And to be there for those who need us.

7) Jesus falls for the second time

Jesus, you stumbled and fell.
You lost strength and became tired.
And yet you carried on.
Walk with us.
When we find it hard to keep going,
give us the strength we need
to finish our work as well as we can
and show love to others.

8) Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem

Jesus, you cared and spoke out,
even on the road to your death.
You knew and felt the suffering of others.
Walk with us.
As we hear the stories
of our sisters and brothers who live in poverty,
give us the courage to raise our voices,
so that together we can work for change.

9) Jesus falls for the third time

Jesus, you felt the darkness around you,
the crowds surrounded you.
You fell once more.
Walk with us.
When we lose hope, when everything is just too difficult,
show us how to reach out to each other and hold hands,
so that none of us have to do everything on our own.
Help us to know that you walk alongside us
even when we feel most alone.

10) Jesus is stripped of his garments

Jesus, you sacrificed everything
and endured mockery for our sake.
Walk with us.
When we value possessions more than people,
or look down on someone who has less,
show us your face in theirs.

11) Jesus is nailed to the cross

Jesus, you cry out in pain.
Walk with us.
Challenge us -
when we hold people back,
when we don’t treat them with respect.
Help us to remember that everyone is equal,
that we are all made in the image of God.

12) Jesus dies on the cross

Jesus, you know what it’s like to feel alone,
lost and afraid, betrayed and abandoned.
Walk with us.
And show us how to walk with others,
who live in fear and face death through hunger, thirst and conflict.
Show us how to pray for sisters and brothers that we have never met,
but who are always loved by you.

13) Jesus's body is taken down from the cross

Jesus, you know what it means to have friends,
who risked their own lives to take your body from the cross.
Walk with us.
Show us how to be friends to those close to us and to those far away.
Teach us to see you in everybody,
to be kind, loving and strong.
To be like you.

14) Jesus's body is laid in the tomb

Jesus, as you were sealed in the tomb
those who loved you felt sad and alone.
They did not know what to do.
Walk with us.
Guide us in difficult times,
so that we can share you with our sisters and brothers
when they feel sad and alone.

15) Jesus rises from the dead

Jesus, you share your life, your light and your peace with us all.
Walk with us.
Show us how to live out your love
so that our sisters and brothers,
here and around the world,
may know the joy of new life.
May we all be changed by living in your light.

We adore you o Christ, and we praise you
Because by your cross you have redeemed the world

 

[musicalpilgrim]

Beautiful words dear friend.

We adore you o Christ, and we praise you
Because by your cross you have redeemed the world

 

[Anthony2019]

In an hour it will be Easter Sunday!

The day of resurrection!
Earth, tell it out abroad;
the passover of gladness,
the passover of God.
From death to life eternal,
from earth unto the sky,
our Christ hath brought us over,
with hymns of victory.

 

[musicalpilgrim]

Praise the Lord for the miracle of Easter Sunday