THE GOSPEL
Passion according to John 18:1–19:42Behold the man.
In the beginning was the Word
and the Word was with God
and the Word was God.
In tangled thorns he
emptied himself,
pouring out
grace on
all of
us.
Christ
led to slaughter,
bearing our torment,
wearing our guilt,
and crushed
for our
sins.
Behold the
love of
God.
THE FIRST READING
Isaiah 52:13–53:13
See, my servant shall prosper,
he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.
Kings
are made
speechless
and nations startled.
Those who have not heard,
ponder.
Who can understand this?
Jesus,
We had all gone astray-— like sheep.
You take on the guilt of us all.
Your stripes heal us and
your punishment
makes us
whole.
We are believers.
THE SECOND READING
Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:6-7
Since we have a great high priest
who has passed through the heavens,
Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
Our high priest cries out
in a loud voice
with tears.
We have a high priest
able to enter our
weaknesses.
Jesus, we
come to you now
to receive
mercy after mercy
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