Good Friday Morning Devotion

A Devotion for In the Morning (BCP 137)

Let us pray.

Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, 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.

Psalm 22 (BCP 610)

1         My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? *

    and are so far from my cry and from the words of my distress?

2         O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer; *

    by night as well, but I find no rest.

3         Yet you are the Holy One, *

    enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

4         Our forefathers put their trust in you; *

    they trusted, and you delivered them.

5         They cried out to you and were delivered; *

    they trusted in you and were not put to shame.

6         But as for me, I am a worm and no man, *

    scorned by all and despised by the people.

7         All who see me laugh me to scorn; *

    they curl their lips and wag their heads, saying,

8         "He trusted in the LORD; let him deliver him; *

    let him rescue him, if he delights in him."

9         Yet you are he who took me out of the womb, *

    and kept me safe upon my mother's breast.

10       I have been entrusted to you ever since I was born; *

     you were my God when I was still in my mother's womb.

11       Be not far from me, for trouble is near, *

    and there is none to help.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as
it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

A reading from the Gospel of John

³⁶ Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, where are you going?’ Jesus answered, ‘Where I am going, you cannot follow me now; but you will follow afterwards.’ ³⁷ Peter said to him, ‘Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.’ ³⁸ Jesus answered, ‘Will you lay down your life for me? Very truly, I tell you, before the cock crows, you will have denied me three times.

The Word of the Lord

People          Thanks be to God.

The Lord be with You

And also with you

Let us pray

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. Almighty God, whose beloved Son willingly endured the agony and shame of the cross for our redemption: Give us courage to take up our cross and follow him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.. Let us bless the Lord Thanks be to God