Good Friday “Tenebrae” Service | 04.03.26

Initially live-streamed Good Friday Tenebrae “Service of Shadows” for Christ Covenant Church | Selkirk, MB on April 3, the year of our Lord 2026: https://www.thekirk.net.

For a digital bulletin: https://bit.ly/47smUbX

~ THE APPROACH TO GOD ~

Prelude Song - What Wondrous Love is This, Oh My Soul - 453 (Meditation)

Procession: What Wondrous Love is This, Oh My Soul - 453:1-3

Prayer - Hymn: What Wondrous Love is This, Oh My Soul - 453:4-6

~ THE SERVICE OF SHADOWS ~

The Shadow of the Agony of Spirit - Reading: Luke 22:39-46 - Response: A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth - 621:1-4

The Shadow of Arrest - Reading: John 18:1-8 - Response: A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth - 621:5-7

The Shadow of Denial - Reading: Matthew 26:69-75, 27:1-5 - Prayer and Response: Kyrie Eleison - 703

The Shadow of Accusation - Reading: Mark 15:1-15 - Response: Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended - 623

The Shadow of Mockery - Reading: Matthew 27:27-31 - Prayer and Response: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded - 619

The Shadow of Crucifixion - Reading: Matthew 27:32-44 - Response: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - 626

The Shadow of Death - Reading: Luke 23:44-49 - Response: Behold the Lamb of God - 618

~ THE SERVICE OF THE WORD ~

Scripture Reading: John 12:20-36

HOMILY: “The Seed That Must Die” | John 12:20-36 (https://biblia.com/books/esv/Jn12.20-36)

Response: Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted - 620

~ THE SHADOW OF BURIAL ~

Reading: Mark 15:42-46 - Response: Silent meditation (a moment of silence)

STREPITUS (earthquake) - We Rumble till a Book is Loudly Closed

Hymn: Man of Sorrows! What a Name - 622

Dismissal: The people leave in silence

Watch the full service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nkCLfJKzF0