Day #39: Friday, April 10 (Good Friday)

Movie of the Week: The Passion of the Christ

Clip: Today would be a good day to watch the entire movie  

Old Testament: Psalm 22:1-11

New Testament: Matthew 27:27-56

Practice: Prayer

Music: “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord” by Johnny Cash; “Crucifixion” by Phil Ochs; “At the Cross Love Ran Red” by Chris Tomlin

            Consider using the following prayer adapted from the Book of Common Prayer to guide your prayers for today.

Let us pray for the Church
throughout the world;

For its unity in witness and service
    For all leaders and other ministers
        and the people whom they serve
    For the leaders of my particular church,
    For all Christians in this community.

That God will confirm his Church in faith, increase it in love,
and preserve it in peace.

Silence

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole
body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified:
Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before
you for all members of your holy Church, that in their
vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you;
through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

Let us pray for all nations and peoples of the earth, and for
those in authority among them;

For President Trump, the President of the United States
    For the Congress and the Supreme Court
    For the Members and Representatives of the United Nations
    For all who serve the common good

That by God’s help they may seek justice and truth, and live
in peace and concord.

Silence

Almighty God, kindle, we pray, in every heart the true love of
peace, and guide with your wisdom those who take counsel for
the nations of the earth; that in tranquility your dominion may

increase, until the earth is filled with the knowledge of your
love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us pray for all who suffer and are afflicted in body or in mind;

For the hungry and the homeless, the destitute
        and the oppressed
    For the sick, the wounded, and the crippled
    For those in loneliness, fear, and anguish
    For those who face temptation, doubt, and despair
    For the sorrowful and bereaved
    For prisoners and captives, and those in mortal danger

That God in his mercy will comfort and relieve them, and
grant them the knowledge of his love, and stir up in us the
will and patience to minister to their needs.

Silence

Gracious God, the comfort of all who sorrow, the strength of
all who suffer: Let the cry of those in misery and need come
to you, that they may find your mercy present with them in all
their afflictions; and give us, we pray, the strength to serve
them for the sake of him who suffered for us, your Son Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us pray for all who have not received the Gospel of Christ;

For those who have never heard the word of salvation
    For those who have lost their faith
    For those hardened by sin or indifference
    For the contemptuous and the scornful
    For those who are enemies of the cross of Christ and
        persecutors of his disciples
    For those who in the name of Christ have persecuted others

That God will open their hearts to the truth, and lead them to
faith and obedience.

Silence

Merciful God, creator of all the peoples of the earth and
lover of souls: Have compassion on all who do not know you
as you are revealed in your Son Jesus Christ; let your Gospel
be preached with grace and power to those who have not
heard it; turn the hearts of those who resist it; and bring
home to your fold those who have gone astray; that there
may be one flock under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Let us commit ourselves to God, and pray for the grace
of a holy life, that, with all who have departed this world and
have died in the peace of Christ, and those whose faith is
known to God alone, we may be accounted worthy to enter
into the fullness of the joy of our Lord, and receive the crown
of life in the day of resurrection.

Silence

O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look
favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred
mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry
out in tranquility the plan of salvation; let the whole world
see and know that things which were cast down are being
raised up, and things which had grown old are being made
new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection
by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus
Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.