Officium Tenebrae Service Of Darkness

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Officium TenebraeService of DarknessGood Friday7:00 pmApril 2, 2021The celebration of Good Friday as a separate day developed in fourth-centuryJerusalem. When Good Friday emerged as a separate day commemorative of thecrucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, it became at once the church’s great day ofmourning. The name Good Friday is of English origin and is possibly derived from“God’s Friday” as “good-bye” is derived from “God be with you.”The Service of Darkness or in Latin, Officium Tenebrae, is a service held on GoodFriday evening in which the progressive extinguishing of candles represents thesnuffing out of the life of Christ.In keeping with the solemnity of the day, music is limited.Silence for meditation is appreciated.God bless your worship.Path for WorshipThe punishment that brought us peace was upon him,and by his wounds we are healed.̶ Isaiah 53:5 EHVGatherThe minister enters in silenceRemain seated22

PRAYER OF THE DAYM: Let us pray.God Most Holy, look with mercy on this your family for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing tobe betrayed, be given over into the hands of the wicked, and suffer death upon the cross. Keep usalways faithful to him, our only Savior, who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, oneGod, forever and ever.C: Amen.HYMNBlue Hymnal #715 What Grace Is This!The first candle is extinguishedSilence for meditationThe WordREADINGPassion History Part VI (EHV)23

MUSICAL OFFERINGO Sacred Head, Now WoundedAs the Musical Offering is played,the texts of the hymn and Psalm 22 are provided for meditation.Psalm 22 (EHV) - selected versesO Sacred Head Now Wounded (CW #105)My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?My groaning does nothing to save me.My God, I call out by day, but you do not answer.I call out by night, but there is no relief for me.O sacred head, now wounded,With grief and shame weighed down,Now scornfully surrounded,With thorns your only crown,O sacred head, no gloryNow from your face does shine;Yet, though despised and gory,I joy to call you mine.Yet you are seated as the Holy One, praised by Israel.In you our fathers trusted.But I am a worm and not a man,scorned by men and despised by the people.All who see me mock me. They sneer.They shake their heads.They say, “Trust in the Lord.”“Let the Lord deliver him.Let him rescue him, if he delights in him.”Men mock and taunt and jeer you,They smite your countenance,Though mighty worlds shall fear youAnd flee before your glance.How pale you are with anguish,With sore abuse and scorn!Your eyes with pain now languishThat once were bright as morn!Many bulls surround me.Strong bulls from Bashan encircle me.Enemies open their mouths wide against me,like a lion that tears its prey and roars.Like water I am poured out.All my bones are pulled apart.My heart has become like wax.It has melted in the middle of my chest.My strength is dried up like broken pottery,and my tongue is stuck to the roof of my mouth.You lay me in the dust of death.For dogs have surrounded me.A band of evil men has encircled me.They have pierced my hands and my feet.I can count all my bones.They stare and gloat over me.They divide my garments among them.For my clothing they cast lots.Now from your cheeks has vanishedTheir color, once so fair;From your red lips is banishedThe splendor that was there.Grim death with cruel rigorHas robbed you of your life;Thus you have lost your vigor,Your strength, in this sad strife.Lord, be my consolation,My shield when I must die;Remind me of your passionWhen my last hour draws nigh.My eyes will then behold you,Upon your cross will dwell;My heart will then enfold you—Who dies in faith dies well!But you, O Lord, do not be distant.O my Strength, come quickly to help me.The second candle is extinguishedSilence for meditation24

PASSION HISTORYHYMNPart VII (EHV)Blue Hymnal #718 Rest, O Christ, From All Your LaborThe third candle is extinguishedSilence for meditation25

MESSAGELuke 23:32-34 (EHV)Hands of the Passion:Nail-Pierced HandsTwo other men, who were criminals, were led away with Jesus to be executed.33When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on hisright and the other on his left.34Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”HYMNThe King in All His Beauty Boswell & PapaCantor:All:All:26

The fourth candle is extinguishedBe seatedSilence for meditationFollowing the silence, standDepartTHE EXALTATION OF JESUS CHRIST THE LORDM: Christ humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on across. Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, sothat at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, andevery tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(Philippians 2:8-11 EHV)27

LORD’S PRAYERC: 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 gloryforever and ever. Amen.The fifth candle is extinguishedSilence for meditationBe seatedHYMNRed Hymnal #588:1-6 Abide with Me28

5 I need thy presence ev’ry passing hour.What but thy grace can foil the tempter’s pow’r?Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me!6 I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless;Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness.Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?I triumph still if thou abide with me.The sixth candle is extinguishedThe seventh candle – CHRIST CANDLE – is carried from chancelM: Let us pray.Heavenly Father, when your Son hung on the cross, he cried in agony and grief. You gave Himstrength to endure so that death might be destroyed and life restored. Have mercy on us all ourdays and preserve us in true faith unto everlasting life, through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.C: Amen.29

The lights are fully dimmed in silence for meditationA loud noise (strepitus) is heard representing rending of Christ’s tombThe Seventh candle – CHRIST CANDLE – is returned to burn in chancel, reminding us that even on GoodFriday, we worship our living Savior.CLOSING HYMNRed Hymnal #588:7 Abide with MeAll are invited to sing the stanza A Cappella, in harmony7 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes;Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!The minister exits the chancelWorshipers may remain for prayer and meditation.Please leave quietly as we anticipate the joy of the Resurrection of Our Lord. Offerings may be placed in the designated basket on your way out.Please keep this worship folder to use at home and at other services this weekend.Holy Week WorshipEaster Sunday:7:30 am (Easter Candlelight Vigil with Communion)10:00 am (Easter Festival)30

Apr 02, 2021 · 26 MESSAGE Luke 23:32-34 (EHV) ands of the Passion: Nail-Pierced Hands Two other men, who were criminals, were led away with Jesus to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified him there with t

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