Friday, April 03, 2026
Good Friday
Morning Prayer
Opening Sentence
Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the Lord inflicted on the day of his fierce anger. lamentations 1:12
Antiphon
The Lord is glorious in his saints: * O come, let us adore him.
Psalms
40
First Lesson
Lamentations 3:1–36
Second Lesson
John 18
Evening Prayer
Opening Sentence
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. isaiah 53:6
Psalms
102
First Lesson
I Peter 2:11–25
Second Lesson
Luke 23:18–49
Collects
Seasonal Collect
Almighty God, we beseech 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.
Special Collect
Almighty and everlasting God, you called your servant N. to preach the Gospel to the people of _________ [or to the __________ people]: Raise up in this and every land evangelists and heralds of your kingdom, that your Church may proclaim the unsearchable riches of our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Seasonal Blessing
Almighty God, we beseech 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.
Remembrance
James Lloyd Breck, Priest and Missionary, 1879