Good Friday, Apr 7 - Celebration of the Passion of the Lord from the National Shrine

thank you foreign foreign of Christ your son our Lord abolish the death inherited from ancient sin by every succeeding generation granted just as being conformed to him we are born by the law of nature the image of the man of Earth so by the sanctification of Grace we may bear the image of the man of Heaven through Christ Our Lord [Music] foreign a reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah see my servant shall prosper he shall be raised high and greatly exalted even as many were amazed at him so marred was his look Beyond human semblance and his appearance beyond that of the sons of man so shall he startle many nations because of him King shall stand speechless for those who have not been told shall see those who have not heard shall ponder it 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 shoe from the parched Earth there wasn't him no stately bearing to make us look at him no appearance that would attract us to him he was spurned and avoided by people a man of suffering accustomed to infirmity one of those from whom people 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 he thought of 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 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 sheep before the shearers he was silent and opened not his mouth pressed 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 thank you 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 and fullness of days through his suffering my servant shall justify many and their guilty 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 when pardoned for their offenses the word of the Lord thanks be to God [Music] father into your hands I commend my spirit forever into your eyes [Music] in your lord I take refuge let me never be put to shame in your Justice Rescue Me [Music] 's I command you will redeem Me O faithful father [Music] I I learned my [Music] device for all my fullness [Music] all laughing stock to my neighbor and a dread to my friend [Music] though they who see me abroad flee from me I am forgotten like fear and remember dead I am like a dish that is broken [Music] into [Music] my eyes [Music] but my trust is in You O Lord I say you are my God in your hands is my destiny rescue me from the clutches of my enemies and my purse pursuiter [Music] father [Music] let your face shine upon your servant save me [Music] take courage and be starred-hearted all you who hope in the Lord [Music] a reading from the letter to the Hebrews brothers and sisters since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens Jesus the son of God let us hold fast to our confession for we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses but one who has similarly been tested in every way yet without sin so let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find Grace for timely help and the days when Christ was in the flesh he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his reverence son though he was he learned obedience from what he suffered and when he was made perfect he became the source of Eternal salvation for all who obey him the word of the Lord [Music] [Music] Jesus Christ [Music] pray to you [Music] became obedient [Music] even death on [Music] because of this God greatly exalted him and best owed in the name which is above every other name praise [Music] The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Jesus went out with his disciples across the kedron valley to where there was a garden into which he and his disciples entered Judas his betrayer also knew the place because Jesus had often met there with his disciples so Judas got a band of soldiers and guards from the chief priests and the Pharisees and went there with lanterns torches and weapons Jesus knowing everything that was going to happen to him went out and said to them whom are you looking for they answered him he said to them I am Judas his betrayer was also with them when he said to them I am they turned away and fell to the ground so he again asked them whom are you looking for they said Jesus answered I told you that I am so if you are looking for me let these men go this was to fulfill what he had said I have not lost any of those you gave me then Simon Peter who had a sword drew it struck the high priest slave and cut off his right ear the slave's name was malcus Jesus said to Peter put your sword into it Scabbard shall I not drink the cop that the father gave me so the band of soldiers the Tribune and the Jewish guard sees Jesus bound him and brought him to anus first he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year it was Caiaphas who had counseled the Jews that it was better that one man should die rather than the people Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus now the other disciple was known to the high priest and he entered the courtyard of the high priest with Jesus but Peter stood at the gate outside so the other disciple the acquaintance of the high priest went out and spoke to the gatekeeper and brought Peter in then the maid who was the gatekeeper said to Peter [Music] he said I am not now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire that they had made because it was cold and were warming themselves Peter was also standing there keeping warm the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his Doctrine Jesus answered him I have spoken publicly to the world I have always taught in a synagogue or in the temple area where all the Jews gather and in secret I have said nothing why ask me ask those who heard me what I said to them they know what I said when he had said this one of the temple guards standing there struck Jesus and said is this the way you answer the high priest Jesus answered him if I have spoken wrongly testify to the wrong but if I have spoken rightly why do you strike me then Ed is sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest now Simon Peter was standing there keeping warm and they said to him [Music] ignited and said I am not one of the slaves of the high priest a relative of the one whose ear Peter had cut off said again Peter denied it and immediately the crowed then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium it was morning and they themselves did not enter the praetorium in order not to be defiled so that they could eat the Passover so pilate came out to them and said what charge do you bring against this man they answered and said to him at this pilate said to them take him yourselves and judge him according to your law the Jews answered him in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he said indicating the kind of death he would die so pilate went back into the praetorium and summoned Jesus and said to him are you the king of the Jews Jesus answered do you say this on your own or have others told you about me pilate answered I am not a Jew am I your own nation and the chief priest handed you over to me what have you done Jesus answered my kingdom does not belong to this world if my kingdom did belong to this world my attendance would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews but as it is my kingdom is not here so pilate said to him then you are a king Jesus answered you say I am a king for this I was born and for this I came into the world to testify to the truth everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice pilate said to him what is truth when he had said this he again went out to the Jews and said to them I find no guilt in him but you have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at Passover do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews they cried out again now Barabbas was a revolutionary then pilate took Jesus and had him scourged and the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head and clothed them in a purple cloak and they say they came to him and said and they struck him repeatedly once more pilate went out and said to them look I am bringing him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in him so Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns in the purple cloak and pilate said to them behold the man when the chief priests and the guards saw him they cried out pilate said to them take him yourselves and crucify him I find no guilt in him the Jews answered [Music] now when pilate heard this statement he became even more afraid and went back into the praetorium and said to Jesus where are you from Jesus did not answer him so pilate said to him do you not speak to me do you not know that I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you Jesus answered him you would have no power over me if it had not been given to you from above for this reason the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin consequently pilate tried to release him but the Jews cried out here when pilate heard these words he brought Jesus out and seated him on the judge's bench in the place called Stone Pavement in Hebrew gabatha it was preparation day for Passover and it was about noon and he said to the Jews behold your king they cried out pilate said to them shall I crucify your king the chief priest answered then he handed him over to them to be crucified so they took Jesus in carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the place of the skull in Hebrew Golgotha There They Crucified him and with him two others one on either side with Jesus in the middle pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross it read Jesus the Nazarene the king of the Jews now many of the Jews read this inscription because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city and it was written in Hebrew Latin and Greek so the chief Priests of the Jews said to Pilate pilate answered what I have written I have written when the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took his clothes and divided them into four shares a share for each Soldier they also took his tunic for the tunic was seamless woven in one piece from the top down so they said to one another in order that the passage of scripture might be fulfilled that says they divided my garments among them and for my vesture they cast lots this is what the soldiers did standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's Sister Mary the wife of clopus and Mary of magdala when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved he said to his mother woman behold your son then he said to the disciple behold your mother and from that hour the disciple took her into his home after this aware that everything was now finished in order that the scripture might be fulfilled Jesus said I thirst there was a vessel filled with common wine so they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth when Jesus had taken the wine he said it is finished and bowing his head he handed over the spirit foreign now since it was preparation day in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the Sabbath for the Sabbath day of that week was a solemn one the Jews asked pilate that their legs be broken and that they be taken down so the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then of the other one who was crucified with Jesus but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs but one soldier thrust his Lance into his side and immediately blood and water flowed out and eyewitness has testified and his testimony is true he knows that he is speaking the truth so that you also may come to believe for this happened so that the scripture passage might be fulfilled not a bone of it will be broken and again another passage says they will look upon Him whom they have pierced after this Joseph of Arimathea secretly a disciple of Jesus for fear of the Jews asked pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus and pilate permitted it so he came and took his body Nicodemus the one who had first come to him at night also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about 100 pounds they took the body of Jesus and bound it with burial cloths along with the spices according to the Jewish burial custom now in the place where he had been crucified there was a garden and in the garden a new Tomb in which no one had yet been buried so they laid Jesus there because of the Jewish preparation day for the tomb was close by the gospel of the Lord praise to you Lord Jesus Christ God our father has spoken that's where I want to begin the father has spoken over all of creation in a very special way today we remember how he spoke over all of the world and spoke over every human heart because Jesus is his word Jesus is the word that the father has spoken we're not orphans we're adopted children because we're not Jesus Jesus is the only natural son because God as father is God and Jesus the word is God and we as the creation are not but Jesus invited us to live in his very life so that we can also say Abba Father with a childlike heart Jesus got on the cross because he has a childlike heart a heart that is honest a heart that is obedient a heart that is confident in his father a heart that is not afraid that's why Jesus got on the cross Pope Benedict reminds us in his first book Jesus of Nazareth that the sacrifice of Jesus on Good Friday or John Paul II reminds us that the sacrifice of Jesus on Good Friday is primarily and first an offering and a gift to his father isn't that powerful it's first an offering to his father because Jesus has always loved his father Jesus receives everything from the father and gives everything back they're both God there's three persons but they love each other and they are love he gives everything back to his father so nothing has changed when he came and planted his feet on the face of the Earth he simply lived as he always was and always is and always will be the son of the Eternal Father nothing has changed the only thing that has changed is that the word took on flesh but it's still the word and he has shown us the life of God what God is really like what we had become blind to be able to see and deaf to be able to hear and too weak and dead to be able to respond to and live with but Jesus said when I am raised up I will draw all men to myself and that's exactly what he's doing that's why the shrine is packed that's why there's tons of confessions it's not just because of the label that it's good Friday it's because it is Good Friday it's because he was raised up that's why there's confessions it's not because we're so brilliant and we know that we have to get rid of our sins it's because the father is calling us back through Jesus we don't come to confession on our own power we're not puppets we have to say yes but we don't initiate it if we think we initiate it we're upside down we don't initiate anything the only thing we have that's ours is sin and misery everything that's good comes from God it really shouldn't be difficult to be humble we were created out of nothing and we were loved and we were placed in a paradise on this Earth with peace with God and we could hear him he walked with us and our parents our first parents rebelled and let trust die in their heart that's what the catechism says that's what the mother our mother the church teaches us as children our first parent let trust in their creator die in their heart that's a big problem what is dead can't come to life on its own power unless that person is more powerful than death we don't have the ability to come back to life unless God comes down to earth unless the father has spoken and he has and the word the son is sent and does what we could not do he lives with human flesh with a heart with a body with the brain and lungs and feet and hands capable of experiencing pain now as he is willed to allow himself to experience pain with a soul but he's only one person he's God he's the word Father Anthony and I about a week ago were watching a show that aired on EWTN for about 30 minutes speaking about the Shroud of Turin and they made this beautiful bronze replica of what Jesus may very well look like in 3D in real life and what impacted me more than anything more than the cut cartilage across his nose more than the trauma he experienced to his face this day as I watched it what impacted me the most that day was the peace and almost a slight gentle smile he wasn't smiling the way you would think with teeth but a piece that he had almost a smile and what I saw there was this is God you can't hold him down of course he's capable of doing this of course he can suffer these violence and Trauma of course he can surrender himself unto death that face was the face of confidence that phase was the face of victory that face is the face that mother Mary saw yes as he hung in torment but she also saw him after they brought him down from the cross the face that Saint John saw because he had the courage to be there that day the face that Mary Magdalene saw because she had the courage to be there that day right there with Jesus right there with God and Mary you know shows us huge Mercy as a mother because she watched the blood that she had poured into her son and her womb womb as he's being formed in nine months she now saw it being poured out of his body the blood she gave is now being poured out of him and she's watching this and I'm sure she's mesmerized and dazzled by the love of God the humility of the son of God for God so loved the world that he gave his only son that all who believe in him may have eternal life foreign God exists Jesus is God to all in this generation if there's anyone who doesn't believe in God let God change your heart let us pray dearly beloved for the Holy Church of God that our God and Lord be pleased to give her peace to guard her and to unite her throughout the whole world and Grant that leading our life and tranquility and quiet we may glorify God the Father Almighty let us kneel let us stand Almighty ever living God who in Christ revealed your glory to All Nations watch over the works of your mercy that your church spread throughout all the world may persevere with steadfast faith in confessing your name through Christ Our Lord foreign [Music] let us pray also for our Most Holy Father Pope Francis that our God and Lord who chose him for the order of Bishops may keep him safe and unharmed for the Lord's holy church to govern the holy people of God let us kneel let us stand Almighty ever living God by whose decree all things are founded look with favor on our prayers and in your kindness protect the pope chosen for us that under him the Christian people governed by you their maker May grow in Merit by reason of their faith through Christ Our Lord let us pray also for our Bishop William for our bishops priests and deacons of the church and for the whole of the faithful people let us kneel let us stand Almighty ever living God by whose Spirit the whole body of the church is Sanctified and governed hear our humble prayer for your ministers that by the gift of your grace all may serve you Faithfully through Christ Our Lord Lord [Music] let us pray also for catech humans that our God and Lord may open wide the ears of their inmost hearts and unlock the gates of his Mercy that having received forgiveness of all their sins through the waters of rebirth and they too may be one with Christ Jesus our lord let us kneel let us stand Almighty ever living God who make your church ever fruitful with new Offspring increase the faith and understanding of catech humans that reborn in the font of baptism they may be added to the number of your adopted children through Christ Our Lord oh let's pray also for all our brothers and sisters who believe in Christ that our God and Lord may be pleased as they live the truth to gather them together and keep them in his wondrous let us kneel let us stand Almighty ever living God who gather what is scattered and keep together what you have gathered look kindly on the flock of your son that Those whom one baptism is consecrated may be joined together by Integrity of faith and United in the bond of Charity through Christ Our Lord Lord [Music] let us pray also for the Jewish people to whom the Lord Our God spoke first that he may grant them to advance and love of his name and in faithfulness to his Covenant let us kneel let us stand Almighty ever living God who bestowed your promises on Abraham and his descendants graciously hear the prayers of your church that the people you first made your own May attain the fullness of redemption through Christ Our Lord [Music] let us pray also for those who do not believe in Christ that enlightened by the Holy Spirit and they too may enter on the way of salvation [Music] let us kneel let us stand Almighty ever living God grant to those who do not confess Christ that by walking before you with a sincere heart they may find the truth and that we ourselves being constant in mutual love and striving to understand more fully the mystery of your life may be made more perfect witnesses to your love in the world through Christ Our Lord foreign [Music] let us pray also for those who did not acknowledge God that following what is right with sincerity of heart they may find a way to God himself let us kneel let us stand Almighty ever living God who created all people to seek you always by Desiring you and by finding you come to rest Grant we pray that despite every harmful obstacle all may recognize the signs of your fatherly love and the witness of the good works done by those who believe in you and so in gladness confess you the one true God and father of our human race through Christ Our Lord [Music] let us pray also for those in public office that our God and Lord may direct their minds and hearts according to his will for the true peace and freedom of all let us kneel let us stand Almighty ever living God in whose hand lies every human heart in the rights of peoples look with favor we pray on those who govern with authority over us that throughout the whole world the prosperity of peoples the Assurance of peace and freedom of religion made through your gift be made secure through Christ Our Lord [Music] let us pray dearly beloved to God the Father Almighty that he may cleanse the world of all errors banished disease and drive out hunger unlock prisons loose and Fetters granting to Travelers safety to pilgrims return how to the sick and salvation to the dying let us kneel thank you let us down Almighty ever living God comfort of mourners strength of all who toil May the prayers of those who cry out in any tribulation come before you that oh May Rejoice because in their hour of need your mercy was at hand through Christ Our Lord oh foreign foreign [Music] come let us adore [Music] behold the wood of the cross on which on the salvation of the world come [Music] let us adore behold the wood of the cross on which hung the salvation of the world come [Music] come [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] my people what have I done to you or how have I grieved you answer me answer me because I let you out of the land of Egypt you have prepared a cross for your savior oh is God holy and mighty holy Immortal one have mercy on all of us my people what have I done or how I'm sure me answer me [Music] because I let you out through the desert 40 years and fed you with Mana and brought you into a Land of Plenty and keep your heart for your savior [Music] your holy is gone holy and my holy holy a tall one have mercy on us what Morse should I have done for you and have not done for in my thirst you gave me vinegar to drink my people what have I done to you or how have I grieved you answer me me answer me I Scourge be with its first born song and you scourged me in hand over my people what have I done to you or how have I grieved you you answer me answer me [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] answer me me answer me I open up the CB C before you and you open my side with our life my people what have I done for how have I agreed answer me answer me [Music] holy is God [Music] holy and mighty holy Immortal one have mercy I wand before you in the pillar of claw and you led me into pilate's palace my people what have I done to you or how have I grieved you answer me answer me I fed you with man oil dirt and on me you rain blows and lashes my people what have I done to you or how have I grieved answer me answer me [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] for you the kings of [Music] and you struck my head with our real read my people what have I done to you you or how have I grieved you answer me me answer me I put in your hand a royal subject and you put on my head a crown of thought my people what have I done to you or how have I [Music] mean answer me [Music] High people what have I done to you or how have I grieved you answer me answer me I have exalted you with great power and you hanged me on the scaffold of the cross my people would have I done to you for how have I grieved you answer me me answer me holy is gone Mercy on all because I led you through the desert 40 years and fed you with Mana and brought you in to a Land of Plenty your heart prepared a cross for your savior your glory is God holy and mighty holy Immortal one of Mercy on us but boy should I have done for you and have not done indeed I planted you as my most beautiful chosen Vine and you turn very bitter for me I scourged Egypt for your with its first born song and you scourged me and handed me over my people what have I done to you [Music] answer me me answer me I let you out from Egypt as Pharaoh they sunk in the Red Sea and you handed me over to the chief priest my people what have I done or how have I greet you answer me me answer me [Music] [Music] [Music] I opened up the sea before you and you opened my side with a lamps my people what have I or how have I grieved you answer me answer me I've heard you with man oil I am a dust Lane blows and lashes my people what have I have I greet you answer me answer me foreign [Music] [Music] why are you far from me so far from the words of anguish with my God I call my day and you do not answer I call my night and I find no reprieve my God my God my God why have you forsaken me [Music] yet you o God Are Holy and thrown on the Praises of Israel and you are forebears put their trust they trust in you said that set them free when they cry to you they escaped in you they trusted and were not put to shame my God my God why have you and your voice [Music] but I am a worm and no man scorned by everyone despised by the people all who see me deride me they curl their lips they toss their head he trusted in the Lord let him save him let him release him for in him he Delights [Music] why have you forsaken me if it was you who took me from the room and trusted me to my mother's breast to your omitted from birth from my mother's womb you have been my God stay not far from me trouble is near and there is no one to help oh God my God [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] I Scourge Egypt for your sake with its first born songs and you scourged me and handed me over my people would have I done to you or how have I grieved you answer me me answer me I led you out from Egypt as Pharaoh lay sunk in the Red Sea and you handed me over to the chief priest my people what have I done to you have I grieved you answer me answer me I led you out from Egypt as Pharaoh they sunk in the Red Sea and you handed me over to the chief priest I people would have I to you or how have I created we answer me answer me I opened the Red Sea before you you and you open my side with a line my people [Music] answer me answer me [Music] holy is God holy and mighty holy one have mercy on all I will be for you in the pillar of good and you led me in Alice my people what have I done to or how have I grieved you answer me answer me I gave you saving water [Music] water to drink and you rained on me blows and lashes my people what have I done to you or how have I greet you do you answer me answer me I put in your hand a royal signature and you put on my head a crown of four my people what have I done to you or how have I grieved you 've answered me answer me I am exalted you with great power and you hanged me on the scaffold of the cross my people what have I done for you or how have I grieved answer me answer me [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] all right [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] oh [Music] come to me to Trump [Music] crucify [Music] Were You There When They nailed nailed to a tree were you there [Music] to the trees [Music] sometimes [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] Were You There When They laid him in the Tomb who were you there they they landed [Music] sometimes [Music] oh Were You There When They laid him in him [Music] thank you [Music] foreign thank you at the savior's command and formed by Divine teaching we dare to say Our Father Who Art in Heaven oh be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is [Laughter] and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation Deliver Us from Evil Deliver Us Lord we pray from every evil graciously Grant peace in our days that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress as we await the Blessed hope and the coming of Our Savior Jesus Christ appreciation Behold the Lamb of God Behold Him who takes away the sins of the world blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed Lord foreign [Applause] [Music] oh my God my God I love you beautiful abandoned me all who see me scoffed at me they mocked me with hearted lips they wag their heads he relied on the Lord let them deliver them let him rescue him if he loves him my mind [Music] surround me a pack of evil doers closes in upon me that a pierced my hands and my feet I can count all my boys [Music] my God my God I love you hand on me I will Proclaim your name to my brethren in the midst of the assembly I will praise you use you fulfill the Lord Praise Him all you descendants of Jacob give glory to him Revere him all you descendants of Israel my God [Music] foreign [Music] oh oh holy Jesus how has thou office [Music] almost afflicted [Music] thank you foreign foreign Act of spiritual communion my Jesus I believe that you are present and the Most Blessed Sacrament I love you Above All Things and I desire to receive you into my soul since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally come at least spiritually into my heart I embrace you as if you are already there unite myself holy to you never permit me to be separated from you look down upon me good and gentle Jesus while before your face I humbly kneel and with burning Soul pray and beseech you to fix deep in my heart Lively Sentiments of faith hope and charity true Contrition for my sins and a firm purpose of amendment while I contemplate with great love and tender pity your Five Wounds pondering over them within me calling to mind The Words which David your Prophet said of you my good Jesus they have pierced my hands my feet they have numbered all my bones amen we will be taking a collection for the daily expenses of the shrine we ask that you please be as generous as possible knowing that you will be forever in our gratitude as in our prayers thank you correction the collection today as is the custom on Good Friday is for the Christians in the Holy Land thank you [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign thanks you know let us pray Almighty ever living God who have restored us to Life by The Blessed death and resurrection of your Christ preserving us the work of your mercy that by partaking of this mystery we may have a life unceasingly devoted to you through Christ Our Lord foreign [Music] thank you for joining us today for the Good Friday liturgy here at the National Shrine of Divine Mercy we will have the Chaplet of Divine Mercy beginning with the first day of the solemn Divine Mercy Novena with a reflection by father Cavs different priests throughout the week we'll be giving different Reflections for the Divine Mercy Novena that Chaplet in Novena will begin at seven o'clock and that will be live streamed following that we will have tenebrae service at 7 45 which will not be live streamed see our website shawnade Divine mercy.org for the rest of the tridium schedule thank you and God bless and many have been asking about first Friday seeing that it falls on on Good Friday yes as part of our service this evening with the solemn Navina will include the first Friday devotions of receiving excuse me going to confession if you are unable and you are homebound it'll include an act of contrition you are to receive for nine consecutive First Fridays and since today is a communion service we will continue that tradition and our devotion of the first Friday of receiving and if you are homebound you will make an act of spiritual communion um and then father Kaz will entrust a prayer and make reparation through the Chaplet to the Sacred Heart of Jesus so yes to answer the many beautiful questions we will include First Fridays tonight and before I give the the blessing over you all let us love Jesus with all our hearts all our mind all our strength all our being and let us trust in him the Divine Mercy the Lord be with you and with your spirit bow down for the blessing May abundant blessing O Lord we pray descend upon your people who have honored the death of your son in the hope of their Resurrection May pardon come Comfort be given Holy Faith increase and everlasting Redemption be made secure through Christ Our Lord amen thank you

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Published: Fri Apr 07 2023