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From the Garden to the Cross I. Evening Prayer Deacon: Arise for prayer. Peace be with us. Priest: It is right at all times us to thank, adore and glorify the great and awesome, holy and blessed, felicitous and incomprehensible Name of your glorious Trinity, and your grace toward our race, O Lord of all, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, forever. People: Amen. Lakhu Mara
Deacon:
People: Lakhu Mara…
Deacon:
People: Lakhu Mara… Priest: Lord, you are truly the One who raises our bodies, the good Savior of our souls, and the constant Guardian of our lives. It is thus our duty to thank, adore and glorify you who are Lord of all forever. [The people sit.] Hymns “Before” Come, let us praise the Lord. Come, O mortals, let us confess and glorify the One who abolished the dominion of death through his death, and let life and resurrection rule for the whole mortal race. Come, let us bless and adore him. We adore you, Christ our Savior, for you are the One who raises and saves all the deceased who were baptized in your Name and confessed in your cross and your death. Glory to the Father, to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Glory to you who promised life and resurrection to the whole race of mortals through your own resurrection. We thank and glorify you, for you are the One who raises the dead. [The people stand.]
Evening Psalmody Priest: It is our duty, O Lord our God, to thank, adore and glorify you for your mercy and your providential will for us, at all times, O Lord of all, Father, Son and Holy Spirit forever.
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Psalm 140
I have called to you, Lord; hasten to help me!
I have called to you, Lord; hasten to help me!
Let my prayer arise before you like incense,
Set, O Lord, a guard over my mouth
That my heart may not turn to things that are wrong,
May I not dine with evil men.
But let the oil of the wicked not anoint my head.
Their princes were thrown down by a rock-like hand;
As a millstone is shattered to pieces on the ground,
To you, Lord God, I lift up my eyes:
Guard me from the hands of the boastful,
Let the wicked fall together into their own traps Psalm 141
With my voice I called to the Lord,
I lifted up my pleading before him.
While my spirit faints, you, O Lord, know my path.
I look to my right and see:
I have no means of escape,
I cry to you, O Lord. I say: you are my refuge,
Listen then to my cry
Rescue me from those who pursue me
Bring my soul out of this prison
Around me your just will assemble Psalm 118: 105-112
Your word is a lamp for my feet
I have sworn and have made up my mind
Lord, I am deeply afflicted:
Accept, Lord, the homage of my lips
My soul is in your hands at all times,
Though the wicked try to ensnare me
Your witness is my heritage forever,
I set my heart to carry out your statutes Psalm 116
O praise the Lord, all you nations,
For mighty is his love for us;
Glory to the Father, to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
I have called to you, Lord; hasten to help me! Deacon: Let us pray. Peace be with us. Priest: Hear, O Lord our God, the prayer of your servants in your mercy; accept the supplication of your adorers in your compassion, and pity our sinfulness in your grace and mercies, O Healer of our bodies and Good Hope of our souls at all times O Lord of all, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, forever.
Hymns “After” You molded me and placed your hand upon me. In the beginning, God formed Adam from the earth on a Friday, and breathed a spirit into him, giving him speech, that he may sing him praise. He has placed his enemies under his feet. On a Friday, our Lord was crucified on Golgotha, and on a Friday the Lord killed murderous Death, and resurrected our nature. Glory to the Father, to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Let us implore in groaning and beg for mercies, asking forgiveness from the Merciful One who opens his door to all who return to him.
II. Instructional Section Deacon:
People:
Deacons:
People: Qaddysha Alaha...
Deacons:
People: Qaddysha Alaha...
Deacon: Let us pray. Peace be with us. Priest: O Holy, Glorious, Mighty and Immortal One, who dwells in the saints and delights in them: we implore you: turn to us, O Lord, pardon us and have mercy on us as you always do: Lord of all: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit forever. People: Amen. Deacon: Let us pray. Peace be with us. Priest: We plead to you O Wise Provider, O Wondrous Caretaker of his households, O Great Treasure from which all riches and blessings overflow in his compassion: turn to us, O Lord, pardon us and have mercy on us as you always do: Father, Son and Holy Spirit forever. First Reading: Genesis 22:1-14 Some time after these events, God put Abraham to the test. He called to him, "Abraham!" "Ready!" he replied. Then God said: "Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him up as a holocaust on a height that I will point out to you." Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey, took with him his son Isaac, and two of his servants as well, and with the wood that he had cut for the holocaust, set out for the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham got sight of the place from afar. Then he said to his servants: "Both of you stay here with the donkey, while the boy and I go on over yonder. We will worship and then come back to you." Thereupon Abraham took the wood for the holocaust and laid it on his son Isaac's shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two walked on together, Isaac spoke to his father Abraham. "Father!" he said. "Yes, son," he replied. Isaac continued, "Here are the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep for the holocaust?" "Son," Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the sheep for the holocaust." Then the two continued going forward. When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac, and put him on top of the wood on the altar. Then he reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the Lord’s messenger called to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Yes, Lord," he answered. "Do not lay your hand on the boy," said the messenger. "Do not do the least thing to him. I know now how devoted you are to God, since you did not withhold from me your own beloved son." As Abraham looked about, he spied a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So he went and took the ram and offered it up as a holocaust in place of his son. Second Reading: Isaiah 53 Who would believe what we have heard? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up like a sapling before him, like a shoot from the parched earth; there was in him no stately bearing to make us look at him, nor appearance that would attract us to him. He was spurned and avoided by men, a man of suffering, accustomed to infirmity; one of those from whom men hide their faces, spurned, and we held him in no esteem. Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins. Upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, and by his stripes we were healed. We had all gone astray like sheep, each following his own way; but the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all. Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth; like a lamb led to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearers, he was silent and opened not his mouth. Oppressed and condemned, he was taken away, and who would have thought any more of his destiny? When he was cut off from the land of the living, and smitten for the sin of his people, a grave was assigned him among the wicked and a burial place with evildoers, though he had done no wrong nor spoken any falsehood. (But the Lord was pleased to crush him in infirmity.) If he gives his life as an offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life, and the will of the Lord shall be accomplished through him. Because of his affliction he shall see the light in fullness of days; through his suffering, my servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear. Therefore I will give him his portion among the great, and he shall divide the spoils with the mighty, because he surrendered himself to death and was counted among the wicked; and he shall take away the sins of many, and win pardon for their offenses. Priest: Enlighten our mental faculties, our Lord and our God, that we may understand and savor the sweet sound of your life-giving and divine commands. Grant, in your grace and your mercies, that we may reap benefit from them: love, hope and the salvation that befits both body and soul. Thus will we unceasingly sing a perpetual praise to you at all times O Lord of all, Father, Son and Holy Spirit forever.
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 11: 17-34 When you meet in one place, then, it is not to eat the Lord's supper, for in eating, each one goes ahead with his own supper, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk. Do you not have houses in which you can eat and drink? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and make those who have nothing feel ashamed? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I do not praise you. For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself. Deacon: Arise in preparation to hear the holy Gospel. [The people stand.] People: Halleluiah, halleluiah, halleluiah. Deacon:
Priest:
People:
Priest:
People:
Gospel: Luke 22 And he came out, and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. And when he came to the place he said to them, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation." And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done." And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow, and he said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation." While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him, "Judas, would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?" And when those who were about him saw what would follow, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?" And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus said, "No more of this!" And he touched his ear and healed him. Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, who had come out against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, the hour of the power of darkness." Priest:
People:
“Basilica Hymn” from Evening Prayer of Holy Saturday Deacon: The earth trembled and was shaken. People: When you were hanging on the Cross, O Christ, creation saw you naked and trembled: heaven darkened the light of the glorious lamp of the sun, the temple showed its lamentation in the torn veil, and earth quaked as well, for it saw the insolence of the crucifiers. Even the sleeping, in a great marvel, were awakened and arose from their graves, lifting up praise to your great power, O Lord! Deacon: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. People: (repeat the hymn above)
From age to age, amen, amen. In our Lord’s passion there was real suffering, and awe seized angels and men. The dead who had been buried arose and left their tombs while singing: “Glory to the Son who was brought low and, for our sake, hung on a piece of wood, and who cried out with his living voice and shook heaven and earth!” Awake O First Adam, and see the Only-Begotten Son who suffered like a sinner at the hands of sinful people! Awake and arise O cheated Abel, killed by the unjust brother, and see the Savior of the world, who dies for the life of the world! Awake and arise O innocent Noah, who was an intercessor for the world, and see the Son of the Most High, who hangs on wood today! Awake O sons of blessings, Shem and honorable Yafeth, who covered the nakedness of their father who was fast asleep: come and see the light of the sun and the beautiful lamp of the moon wearing a gloomy darkness, so that their Lord might not be seen disgraced! Awake O high priest Melchezidech, who did not offer flesh on the altar: come today and see the Son who gave us his Mysteries in bread and wine! Awake O Abraham, and see the Son who was shown to you in a revelation: for today he was hung on a piece of wood, like that mystery that was revealed to you! Awake O blessed Isaac, saved by a lamb in a tree, and see that true mystery fulfilled by your Lord today! Awake O righteous Joseph, who was spat upon by his brothers, and see Jesus the Savior who is spit upon by their sons! Awake O Moses, head of the prophets, and see the Lord of the prophets, who suffers at the hands of the sons of the prophets, as was foretold by the prophets! Awake O heroic Joshua, who stopped the sun and the moon: see that they wear a gloomy darkness today, because of the death of the Son! Awake O David, O Psalmist, come out of the grave today; take up your harp and lyre, and preach, speaking in a Psalm: “They divided his clothes between them, placed their bets on his robes, and were like dogs around the Lion who did not speak to them.” Awake and arise from the dirt O Solomon, sea of wisdom, and see the Lord of wisdom who is mocked by ignorance! Awake O glorious Isaiah, look and see Christ the King; behold him bearing murder like a sacrifice, without opening his mouth! Awake O blessed Joel, and see the darkness and gloom, the blood and the cloud of smoke, which reign over the world today! Awake O Jonah, who for three days was like a dead man, and showed Judaism the resurrection after three days! Awake O Micah, and see the Shepherd who came to return the stray, whom the Jewish nation has risen against and crucified like a sinner! Awake and arise O blessed one who made judgment with the Lord, and see the marvel today: the Judge becomes the one condemned! Awake O Zephaniah, and see the Church which was saved by the crucifixion; the distant became the close, and the assembly became scattered! Awake O blessed Haggai, who was so diligent in building, and see that today the veil of forgiveness is ripped open! Awake O Jeremiah the priest, who was thrown into the pit of mud, and see your Lord today, for whom a tomb has become a bedroom! Awake O blessed Zechariah, and his beloved son the Baptist, and see today your Lord made into a sacrifice and offering! Awake and arise O Fathers who died in the hope of the resurrection, and see, atop Golgotha, the Lord of all creatures! Awake and arise all you deceased, and see the dead among the living, who bring forth to the house of the dead, the Lord of the living and the dead! Awake O deceased from ages ago, and see the Son who is from of old, who took your form in his love, and in whom all Scriptures are fulfilled!
Awake
O you who are dead in sin, see the Son who does not know sin, who
dies with the slaves of sin, in order to kill death and sin! O Conqueror whose friends abandoned him and whose servants judged him, by his choice: give victory to those whose sins have conquered them, in your mercies which brought them into existence! Blessed is your death, glorious your resurrection! Have pity and forgive, by your grace, your servants who confess your Divinity. In your power, be an aid for us, and make your mercies flow at every time upon the assemblies of the Church who confess that you have risen in truth. To you, with your Father be glory and adoration, and to the Holy Spirit, at all times.
[The people stand.] Deacon: Let us pray. Peace be with us.
* Let us pray and plead from God the Lord of all…
People: Amen.
…that he may hear the voice of our prayer, accept our supplication and have mercy on us.
* For the Holy Catholic Church, here and in every place, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all… People: Amen. …that his peace and serenity may dwell within her until the end of time.
* For all the reverent and holy people attending, the children of the holy catholic Church, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all… People: Amen. …that they may finish the good race of their sanctification, and accept the hope and promise of the land of the living from the Lord.
* In remembrance of the holy and blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus our Savior and Life-Giver, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all… People: Amen. …that the Holy Spirit that dwelt in her may sanctify us in his grace, perfect his will in us, and complete his Truth in us, all the days of our lives.
* In remembrance of the prophets and apostles, and the martyrs and confessors, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all… People: Amen. …that by their prayers and sufferings, he may accomplish good hope and salvation in us as with them, and make us worthy for their blessed remembrance and their living and true promise of the kingdom of heaven.
* For this land and its inhabitants, for this city and those who dwell in it, and for this house and its those who care for it, especially for this assembly, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all… People: Amen. …that he may spare us in his grace of war, captivity, robbery, earthquake, famine, plague and all evil afflictions hostile to the body.
* For those who have strayed from this true faith, and are captive to the snares of satan, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all… People: Amen. …that he may convert their hardness of heart, and that they may confess the one God, the Father of Truth and his Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ.
* For those sick with serious diseases and tempted by evil spirits, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all… People: Amen. …that he may send them an angel of mercy and healing to visit, cure, heal, aid and comfort them in the plentitude of his grace and his mercies.
* For the poor and the oppressed, for orphans and widows, for the downtrodden and weak, for the distressed in spirit, throughout this world, we pray and plead from God the Lord of all… People: Amen. …that he may sustain them in his grace, care for them in his mercy, comfort them in his compassion, and deliver them from whatever might lead them to the bondage of iniquity.
* Pray and plead from God the Lord of all, that you may become for him a kingdom - priests, a holy people. Cry out to the Lord God almighty with your whole heart and with your whole soul, for he is God, the merciful, compassionate and benevolent Father, who does not wish the destruction of his creature, but rather its repentance toward him, and its life in his presence. It is especially fit that we pray, thank, adore, glorify, honor, and exalt the one God, the adorable Father, the Lord of all, who has accomplished the great hope and the salvation of our souls through his Christ, that he may complete his grace, his mercy and his compassion in us until the end. People: Amen.
Deacon: Let us entrust our souls mutually to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. People: To you, O Lord God.
Priest: To you, Lord God almighty, do we beg and plead: fulfill your grace in us, make your Gift overflow in our hands, and let your mercies and the compassion of your Divinity be for the remission of the debts of your people and the forgiveness of the sins of the sheep of your flock, whom you have chosen for yourself in your grace and your mercies, Lord of all, Father, Son and Holy Spirit forever. III. Meditations Opening Hymn
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