Friday after Ashes | THE DAILY FEAST

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Service of Light

Greeting/Invocation

We light the Evening Candle and say or sing:

Light and Peace in Jesus Christ our Lord!

~Thanks be to God!

O Adonai, You are my Light;

~My God, You illumine the darkness.

EVENING HYMN for FRIDAYS in LENT

Take up your cross, the Savior said, If you would my disciple be;

Deny yourself, the world forsake, And humbly follow after me.

Take up your cross, let not its weight Fill your weak spirit with alarm;

His strength will lift your spirit up And brace your heart and nerve your arm.

Take up your cross, heed not the shame, Nor let your foolish pride rebel;

Our Love for you the cross endured and fought the pow’rs of death and hell.

Take up your cross, and follow Christ, Nor think till death to lay it down;

For only those who bear the cross May hope to wear the glorious crown. Amen.

Tune: DISTRESS L.M. (Southern Harmony 1835); Text: C.W. Everest (1814-1877), alt.

SERVICE OF THE WORD

PSALMODY

Antiphon

Let me sing the praises of my Love

let all creatures bless the holy Name

Psalm 144/145b

All your creatures shall thank you, Adonai,

and your friends shall repeat their blessing.

They shall speak of the glory of your reign

and declare your might, O God,

Let them make known to all

your might and your glorious reign.

Your dominion lasts forever

your rule for all generations.

You are faithful in all your words

and loving in all your deeds.

You support those who have fallen

and raise all those who are bowed down.

The eyes of all creatures look to you

and you give them their food in due season.

You open wide your hand

to feed all living things.

Most just in all your ways

most loving in every deed.

You are near to all who call

who cry out from their hearts.

You grant them their desires,

hear their cry and save them.

You protect and keep alive

All who strive to love.

Glory to the ONE and to the WORD,

and to the BREATH of Love;

as always before,

so now and evermore. Amen.

Let me sing the praises of my Love

let all creatures bless the holy Name.

Reading James 5: 16, 19-20

Confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may find healing. The fervent petition of those who are holy is powerful indeed. My brothers & sisters, the case may arise among you of some straying from the truth, and of others bringing them back. Remember this: those who bring sinners back from false ways will save their souls from death and cancel a multitude of sins.

Responsory

R. To walk with me, *take up your cross and follow me.

V. Deny your false self day after day *take up your cross and follow me.

V. Glory to the ONE, to the WORD, and to the Holy BREATH of Life.

Gospel Canticle of Mary

Antiphon

If you wish to be my disciple, you must deny your false self,

then take up your cross and follow me.

It is customary to make the sign of the cross at the beginning of the Gospel Canticle.

My heart + is radiant with the Lord,

My whole being delights in God my Savior.

All people now will call me blessed

For God has loved this humble handmaid.

The Almighty has shown me great favor

Holy is the NAME,

Whose mercy embraces the faithful,

From one generation to the next.

The mighty arm of God,

Scatters the proud in their own conceit,

Pulls tyrants from their thrones

While lifting up the lowly:

Fills the famished with bounty,

And reveals the emptiness of riches.

Rescues lowly Israel,

Sharing such loving kindness,

As promised to our ancestors

To Abraham and Sarah, and their descendants forever.

Glory to the ONE and to WORD

And to the BREATH of Love!

As always before,

so now and evermore. Amen

If you wish to be my disciple, you must deny your false self,

then take up your cross and follow me.