Worship

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Good Friday

04/18/2025 - 7:30 pm

TAIZE CHANT:

All you who pass this way, look and see.

PILATE (Mark 15:15)

(In silence, reflect on the following questions: Am I like Pilate? Do I experience pressure to keep us from recognizing who Jesus is? Do I give in to the will of the people or the will of God?)

Candle one extinguished

TAIZE CHANT:

O God, hear my prayer, O God, hear my prayer, when I call, answer me. O God, hear my prayer, O God, hear my prayer, come and listen to me.

MARY (Mark 15:40-41)

(In silence reflect on the following questions: Am I like Mary? Has life hit me hard, dashing my hopes? Is it too hard to pray?)

Candle two extinguished

TAIZE CHANT:

My heart is breaking with grief. Stay with me and watch.

SIMON OF CYRENE (Mark 15:21)

(In silence reflect on the following questions: Am I like Simon? Has organized religion been a negative experience for me? Do church politics drag me down? What about a relationship with Jesus? Is he drawing me to himself today?)

Candle three extinguished

TAIZE CHANT:

When the night becomes dark, your love, O God, is a fire; your love, O God, is a fire.

THE SOLDIER (Mark 15:22-24

(In silence reflect on the following questions: Am I like the soldiers at the cross? Am I so wrapped up in my job or my life that I have no idea what is going on? Do I see Jesus in the midst of the people around me?)

Candle four extinguished

TAIZE CHANT:

Stay with us, O Lord, Jesus Christ, night will soon fall. Then stay with us, O Lord, Jesus Christ, light in our darkness.

THE CHIEF PRIEST (Mark 15:31-32)

(In silence reflect on the following questions: Is it difficult, despite my faith, for me to feel God’s grace and to see God’s truth? Has tradition interfered with my ability to hear the Spirit or to follow?)

Candle five extinguished

TAIZE CHANT:

Jesus remember me, when you come into your kingdom. Jesus remember me, when you come into your kingdom.

THE CENTURION (Mark 15:39)

(In silence reflect on the following questions: Am I like the centurion? Do I recognize Jesus as Savior and Lord? Can I stand at the base of the cross and declare my need for Jesus?)

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SOLO: Were you There?

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(Please sit in silence as long as you would like and then leave in silence.)