GOOD FRIDAY
APRIL 2, 2021
Good Friday is the only day of the entire year, during which there is no “Mass” as we know it. The remaining consecrated bread from the Holy Thursday liturgy will nourish us on this day of immense solemnity as we ponder, with fasting and prayer, the “mystery of faith”: the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our LORD Jesus the Christ. In continuation from the previous night, there is no opening rite or entrance hymn.
El Viernes Santo es el único día de todo el año en que no existe lo que se llama la «misa». El pan consagrado que se queda después de la liturgia del Jueves Santo nos nutrirá en este día de inmensa solemnidad mientras con ayuno y oración contemplamos el «misterio de fe»: la pasión, la muerte y la resurrección de nuestro SEÑOR Jesucristo. Como continuación de la noche anterior no hay ni rito inicial ni canto de entrada.
PRAYER
ALL: Amen.
FIRST READING
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[After the reading]
LECTOR: The word of the LORD.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
PSALM 31
SECOND READING
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[After the reading]
LECTOR: The word of the LORD.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
ALL:
[Before the reading]
PRIEST (or DEACON): The LORD be with you.
ALL: And with your spirit.
PRIEST (or DEACON): A reading from the holy Gospel according to N.
ALL: Glory to You, O LORD.
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[After the reading]
PRIEST (or DEACON): The Gospel of the LORD.
ALL: Praise to You, LORD Jesus Christ.
HOMILY
THE SOLEMN INTERCESSIONS
On this day, the Church prescribes the ten intentions, for which we pray in this special service: 1. the Holy Church, 2. the Pope, 3. all orders and degrees of the faithful, 4. catechumens, 5. the unity of Christians, 6. the Jewish people, 7. those who do not believe in Christ, 8. those who do not believe in God, 9. those in public office, and 10. those in tribulation. After each prayer, we simply respond with Amen.
En este día, la Iglesia prescribe las diez intenciones por las que rogamos durante este servicio especial: 1. la santa Iglesia, 2. el Papa, 3. todos los ministros y los fieles, 4. los catecúmenos, 5. la unidad de los cristianos, 6. los judíos, 7. los que no creen en Cristo, 8. los que no creen en Dios, 9. los gobernantes y 10. los que se encuentran en alguna tribulación. Después de cada intención respondemos sencillamente así: Amén.
OFFERTORY
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OFFERTORY HYMN:
CALVARY
SHOWING OF THE HOLY CROSS
We respond three times to each of the priest or deacon’s invitation (“Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world”): Come, let us adore.
VENERATION OF THE HOLY CROSS:
JESUS, REMEMBER ME
JESÚS, RECUÉRDAME
LORD’S PRAYER
ALL: Our Father, Who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy Name;
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.
PRIEST: Deliver us, LORD, we pray, from every evil;
graciously grant peace in our days,
that, by the help of Your mercy,
we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress,
as we await the blessed hope
and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
ALL: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are Yours now and for ever.
The priest then invites all to share in Holy Communion, All respond to the invitation:
ALL: LORD, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof,
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
COMMUNION HYMN:
THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
If you are joining our parish family in worship through our livestream and cannot physically receive Holy Communion with us, you may join us by offering up this traditional prayer of spiritual Communion or one similar:
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You in my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.
The Liturgy of the Eucharist ends very simply with a prayer, to which all respond: Amen.
DISMISSAL
Today, we receive a special blessing, to which we respond with Amen. Thereafter, we again remain in prayer and fasting. Like the Mass of last night, this service is the continuation of our three-day vigil, which will culminate tomorrow at sundown.
Hoy recibimos una bendición especial a la que respondemos con Amén. Después volvemos a quedarnos en oración y ayuno. Como la misa de anoche este servicio es la continuación de nuestra vigilia de tres día, la cual culminará mañana al atardecer.