ALL SAINTS BAWDESWELL
The Liturgy of Good Friday 2025
Introit: The Festival Choir sings:
O Saviour of the world (music by John Goss)
¶ The Proclamation of the Cross
All kneel or remain seated as the cross is carried in. The minister stops three times, using the following versicles..
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
All: because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
This is the wood of the cross,
on which hung the Saviour of the world.
All: Come, let us worship.
O Saviour of the world,
who by your cross and precious blood have redeemed us,
All: save us and help us, we humbly pray.
The Collect
Eternal God,
in the cross of Jesus
we see the cost of our sin
and the depth of your love:
in humble hope and fear
may we place at his feet
all that we have and all that we are,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hymn 549 When I survey the wondrous cross
¶ The Liturgy of the Word
Old Testament Reading Linda Rose
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. (Isaiah 52:13-end of 53)
At the end the reader may say
This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Anthem Were you there when they crucified my Lord
Silence is kept.
Responsorial Psalm 21.8-9, 17-29, 23-24 music by Keith Duke
All sing: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Silence is kept
Anthem God so loved the world (music by Stainer)
New Testament Reading President
A reading from the letter to the Hebrews. (Hebrews 10:16-25)
At the end the reader may say
This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Silence is kept.
Hymn 499 There is a green hill far away
The Passion Reading
Narrator: Jane Nursey, Jesus: Brian Nursey, Pilate: David Shannon
The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
( John 18:1-19:37)
At the end
This is the Passion of the Lord.
No response is made.
Silence is kept.
Anthem: Is it nothing to you by F.A. Ousely
The Reproaches President
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.
All: Holy God,
holy and strong,
holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
O my people, O my Church,
what have I done to you,
or in what have I offended you?
Testify against me.
I led you forth from the
and delivered you by the waters of baptism,
but you have prepared a cross for your Saviour.
All: Holy God,
holy and strong,
holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
I led you through the desert forty years,
and fed you with manna.
I brought you through tribulation and penitence,
and gave you my body, the bread of heaven,
but you prepared a cross for your Saviour.
All: Holy God,
holy and strong,
holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
What more could I have done for you
that I have not done?
I planted you, my chosen and fairest vineyard,
I made you the branches of my vine;
but, when I was thirsty, you gave me vinegar to drink,
and pierced with a spear the side of your Saviour.
All: Holy God,
holy and strong,
holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
I went before you in a pillar of cloud,
and you have led me to the judgement hall of Pilate.
I scourged your enemies and brought you
to a land of freedom,
but you have scourged, mocked and beaten me.
I gave you the water of salvation from the rock,
but you have given me gall and left me to thirst.
All: Holy God,
holy and strong,
holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
I gave you a royal sceptre,
and bestowed the keys of the kingdom,
but you have given me a crown of thorns.
I raised you on high with great power,
but you have hanged me on the cross.
All: Holy God,
holy and strong,
holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
My peace I gave, which the world cannot give,
and washed your feet as a sign of my love,
but you drew the sword to strike in my name,
and seek high places in my kingdom.
I offered you my body and blood,
but you scatter and deny and abandon me.
All: Holy God,
holy and strong,
holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
I sent the Spirit of truth to guide you,
and you close your hearts to the Counsellor.
I pray that all may be one in the Father and me,
but you continue to quarrel and divide.
I call you to go and bring forth fruit,
but you cast lots for my clothing.
All: Holy God,
holy and strong,
holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
I came to you as the least of your brothers and sisters;
I was hungry and you gave me no food,
I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
I was a stranger and you did not welcome me,
naked and you did not clothe me,
sick and in prison and you did not visit me.
All: Holy God,
holy and strong,
holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
Hymn 346 My song is love unknown
¶ The Prayers of Intercession
The president introduces the prayers
God sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world,
but that the world might be saved through him.
Therefore we pray to our heavenly Father
for people everywhere according to their needs.
President & Sandi Taylor
Following each bidding:
Lord, hear us All: Lord, graciously hear us.
The Lord’s Prayer
Standing at the foot of the cross, as our Saviour taught us, so we pray
All: Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
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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, the power and the glory, for ever and ever, Amen.
Hymn 389 O sacred head, surrounded (sore-wounded!)
¶ The Conclusion President
Most merciful God,
who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
delivered and saved the world:
grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross
we may triumph in the power of his victory;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
All: Amen.
The Gospel of the Burial of Christ John 19:38-42 President
To preserve the solemnity of this day please leave the church in silence. We look forward to warmly welcoming you on Easter Morning at 10.30 when we shall thank God for the Resurrection and celebrate appropriately!
Our thanks to the All Saints Festival Choir
Organist and choirmaster James Lilwall.