Good Friday Mass Leaflet - Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church

V. Blessed be our God. 

R. For ever and ever. Amen. 

The Parish and Shrine of 

Our Lady of Walsingham 

Roman Catholic Anglican Use 

Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston 

Good Friday Liturgy of Good Friday 22 April AD 2011 

On Good Friday, the liturgy begins in silence, 

with the Priest and ministers prostrate before the Altar, and the people kneeling. 

I. Liturgy of the Word 

Collect 

Let us pray. Almighty God, we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus 

Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the 

cross; who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. 

Amen. 

The Lesson: Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12 

Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. As many were 

astonished at him—his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the 

sons of men—so shall he startle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which has 

not been told them they shall see, and that which they have not heard they shall understand. 

Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? For he grew 

up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or comeliness that we should 

look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, 

and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him 

not. 

Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, struck down by God, 

and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the 

chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we 

have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, 

and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. By oppression and judgment he 

was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, 

stricken for the transgression of my people? And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in 

his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. 

Yet it was the will of the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief; when he makes himself an offering for 

sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand; he shall 

see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make 

many to be accounted righteous; and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the 

great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered 

with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. 

V. The Word of the Lord. 

R. Thanks be to God.

The Gradual: Psalm 22 [Deus, Deus meus] 

My God, my | God; look up- | on me; 

--| why hast | thou for- | saken me? 

and art so | far from my | health, 

and from the | words of | my com- | plaint? 

O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou | hear est | not; 

and in the night season | also I | take no | rest. 

And thou con- | tinuest | holy, 

O thou | Wor -| ship of | Israel. 

Our fathers | hoped in | thee; 

they trusted in | thee, and | thou didst de- | liver them. 

They called upon thee, | and were | holpen; 

they put their trust in thee, | and were | not con- | founded. 

But as for me, I am a | worm, and no | man; 

a very scorn of men, and the | outcast | of the | people. 

All they that see me | laugh me to | scorn; 

they shoot out their lips, and | shake their | heads, | saying, 

He trusted in the LORD, that | he would de- | liver him; 

let him de| liver him, | if he will | have him. 

But thou art he that took me out of my | mother's | womb; 

thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet up | on my | mother's | breasts. 

I have been left unto thee ever | since I was | born; 

thou art my God even | from my | mother's | womb. 

O go not from me; for trouble is | hard at | hand, 

and | there is | none to | help me. 

Many oxen are | come a- | bout me; 

fat bulls of Bashan close me | in on | ev 'ry | side. 

They gape upon me | with their | mouths, 

as it were a | ramping and a | roaring | lion. 

I am poured out like water, and all my | bones are out of | joint; 

my heart also in the midst of my body is | even like | melting | wax. 

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue | cleaveth to my | gums, 

and thou bringest me | into the | dust of | death. 

For many dogs are | come a- | bout me, 

and the council of the wicked | layeth | siege a- | gainst me. 

They pierced my hands and my feet: I may tell | all my | bones: 

they stand | staring and | looking up- | on me. 

They part my | garments a- | mong them, 

and cast | lots up | on my | vesture. 

But be not thou far from | me, O | LORD; 

thou art my succour, | haste | thee to | help me.

Deliver my soul | from the | sword, 

my darling | from the | power of the | dog. 

Save me from the | lion's | mouth; 

thou hast heard me also from a- | mong the | horns of the | unicorns. 

The Epistle: Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 

Brethren, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, 

let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our 

weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sinning. Let us then 

with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time 

of need. 

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him 

who was able to save him from death, and he was heard for his godly fear. Although he was a Son, he 

learned obedience through what he suffered; and being made perfect he became the source of eternal 

salvation to all who obey him. 

V. The Word of the Lord. 

R. Thanks be to God. 

The Verse Christus factus est Philippians 2:8, 9 

Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis. 

Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum et dedit illi Nomen, quod est super omne nomen. 

Christ became obedient for our sakes unto death: even the death of the Cross. 

Wherefore God hath also highly exalted him, and given him a Name which is above every name. 

Felice Anerio (1560-1614) 

The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. John 

The customary responses before and after are not used today. 

The Passion of Our Lord is in the special supplement. 

Homily 

II. The Solemn Collects 

The biddings are sung by the Deacon. The Priest intones the Collects. 

Please remain standing until the Deacon sings, “Let us pray. Let us bow the knee.” All then shall kneel to pray in silence for a 

time, standing again when the Deacon sings, “Arise.” 

Dear People of God: Our heavenly Father sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that 

the world through him might be saved; that all who believe in him might be delivered from the power of 

sin and death, and become heirs with him of everlasting life. We pray, therefore, for people everywhere 

according to their needs. 

Let us pray for the holy Catholic Church of Christ throughout the world; 

For its unity in witness and service 

For our Holy Father, Pope Benedict 

For all bishops and other ministers and the people whom they serve 

For Daniel, our Archbishop, and all the people of this diocese 

For all Christians in this community 

For those about to be baptized (particularly ______) 

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

Let us pray. Let us bow the knee. Silence Arise.

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 the President of the United States 

For the Congress and the Supreme Court 

For the nations of the world 

For all who serve the common good 

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

Let us pray. Let us bow the knee. Silence Arise. 

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. 


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. 


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 our 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. 


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. 

Offering Hymn — “O Sacred Head Surrounded” Passion Chorale Hymn 75 

III. The Veneration of the True Cross 

After the Solemn Collects, the Priest and ministers will retrieve the True Cross. During which time, the people will sing: 

During the unveiling of the True Cross, the following responsory is sung thrice: 

V. Behold the wood of the Cross, whereon was hung the Savior of the world. 

R. 

The Priest will offer the Cross for the veneration of the faithful. As the people approach the True Cross, they should genuflect (the 

relic of the True Cross is the only relic rightly honored with a genuflection). The ministers venerate the Cross first, followed by the 

choir, and then the people. During this time, the Reproaches are sung. 

Veneration Antiphon: Crucem tuam adoramus Psalm 67:1 

We venerate thy holy Cross, O Lord: and praise and glorify thy holy resurrection. 

For by virtue of this very wood joy hath come to the whole world. 

Ps. God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and show us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us. 

We venerate thy holy Cross…. 

The Reproaches . 

O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me. 

Because I brought thee forth from the land of Egypt: thou hast prepared a Cross for thy Savior. 

Agios o Theos 

Agios Ischyros 

Agios Athanatos 

Eleison imas. 

Holy God, 

Holy and Mighty, 

Holy Immortal One, 

Have mercy upon us. 

Because I led thee through the desert forty years, and fed thee with manna, and brought thee into a land 

exceeding good: thou hast prepared a Cross for thy Savior. 

Agios o Theos 



Eleison imas. 

Holy God, 




What more could I have done for thee that I have not done? I indeed did plant thee, O my vineyard, with 

exceeding fair fruit: and thou art become very bitter unto me: for vinegar, mingled with gall, thou gavest 

me when thirsty: and with a spear thou hast pierced the side of thy Saviour. 

Agios o Theos 



Eleison imas. 

Holy God, 




I did scourge thy captors with their first-born for thy sake: and thou hast scourged me and delivered me up. 


I led thee forth out of slavery, drowning thy captors in the sea: and thou hast delivered me up unto the chief 

priests. 


I did open the sea before thee: and thou hast opened my side with a spear.


I did go before thee in the pillar of the cloud: and thou hast led me to Pilate’s court. 


I did bare thee up with manna in the wilderness: and thou hast stricken me down with blows and scourges. 


I did give thee to drink the water of life from the rock: and thou hast given me to drink but gall and vinegar. 


I did smite the kings of the Canaanites for thy sake: and thou hast smitten my head with a reed. 


I did give thee a royal scepter: and thou hast given unto my head a crown of thorns. 


I did raise thee on high with great power: and thou hast hanged me upon the gibbet of the Cross. 


After the veneration, the Cross is carried to its place at the Altar, and the lighted candles are placed around the Altar or near the 

Cross. 

† 

IV. MASS OF THE PRE-SANCTIFIED 

The Blessed Sacrament will be brought from the Altar of Repose. The Altar is covered with a cloth, and the corporal and book are 

placed upon it. The ciborium, containing the Blessed Sacrament is carried by the Deacon from the place of reposition to the Altar. 

Two servers with lighted candles accompany him, and then set their candles near the Altar or on it. The Deacon places the 

ciborium on the Altar, uncovers it, and genuflects. 

As the Deacon leaves to the Altar of Repose, the Choir will sing the Crux Fidelis and Pange Lingua. The faithful should kneel as 

the Blessed Sacrament is brought into the Sanctuary. 

Faithful Cross, above all other One and only noble tree: 

None in foliage, none in blossom, None in fruit thy peer may be; 

Sweetest wood and sweetest iron, Sweetest weight is hung on thee. 

Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle, Sing the ending of the fray, 

Now above the Cross, the trophy, Sound the loud triumphant lay: 

Tell how Christ, the world’s redeemer, As a victim won the day. 

Faithful Cross, . . . peer may be. 

God in pity saw man fallen. Sham’d and sunk in misery. 

When he fell on death by tasting Fruit of the forbidden tree: 

Then another tree was chosen Which the world from death should free. 

Sweetest wood . . . hung on thee. 

Thus the scheme of our salvation Was of old in order laid 

That the manifold deceiver’s Art by art might be outweigh’d: 

And the lure the foe put forward, Into means of healing made. 


Therefore when th’ appointed fulness Of the holy time was come, 

He was sent who maketh all things Forth from God’s eternal home: 

Thus he came to earth incarnate. Offspring of a virgin’s womb. 


Lo! he lies, an infant weeping, Where the narrow manger stands: 

While the Mother-maid his members Wraps in mean and lowly bands:

And the swaddling clothes are winding Round God’s helpless feet and hands. 


Thirty years among us dwelling, His appointed time fulfill’d, 

Born for this, he meets his Passion, For that this he freely will’d: 

On the Cross the Lamb is lifted Where his life-blood shall be spill’d. 


He endur’d the nails, the spitting. Vinegar, and spear, and reed; 

From that holy Body broken Blood and water both proceed: 

Earth, and stars, and sky, and ocean By that flood from stain are freed. 


Bend thy boughs, O tree of glory! Thy relaxing sinews bend; 

For awhile the ancient rigor That thy birth bestow’d suspend: 

And the King of heav’nly beauty On thy bosom gently tend. 


Thou alone wast counted worthy This world’s ransom to uphold; 

For a shipwreck’d race preparing Harbor, like the ark of old: 

With the sacred Blood anointed From the smitten Lamb that roll’d 


To the Trinity be glory Everlasting as is meet; 

Equal to the Father, equal To the Son and Paraclete: 

Trinal Unity, whose praises All created things repeat. Amen. 


After the choir finishes the hymn, the Deacon invites the faithful to penitence as follows: 

Ye who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and 

intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy 

ways: Draw near with faith, and make your humble confession to Almighty God, devoutly kneeling. 

Ministers and People: 

Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, maker of all things, judge of all men: We acknowledge 

and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time most grievously have 

committed, by thought, word, and deed, against thy divine Majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath 

and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the 

remembrance of them is grievous unto us, the burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, have 

mercy upon us, most merciful Father; for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, forgive us all that is past; 

and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life, to the honor and glory of 

thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Priest stands and says 

Almighty God have mercy upon us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us 

in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. Amen. 

The Priest, standing at the Altar, sings or says 

And now, as our Savior Christ hath taught us, we are bold to say, 

Our Father… (All shall join in singing the Lord’s Prayer) 

The Priest shall show the Host to the People, saying, 

Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world. 

The People shall join him in saying thrice, 

Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; 

but speak the word only, and my soul shall be healed.

The Sacrament is then administered with the customary words. 

Communion of the Faithful Communion Guidelines, Missal page 31 

Communion Anthem: “In manus tuas” Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) 

In manus tuas, Domine, 

commendo spiritum meum; 

redemisti me Domine, Deus veritatis. 

In thy hands, O Lord, 

I commend my spirit; 

thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth. 

Communion Hymn: “Drop, Drop, Slow Tears” Song 46 Hymn 69 

For the final prayer the Priest shall say, 

O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, we pray thee to set thy passion, cross, and death, between thy 

judgment and our souls, now and in the hour of our death. Give mercy and grace to the living, pardon and 

rest to the dead, to thy holy Church peace and concord, and to us sinners everlasting life and glory; who 

with the Father and the Holy Spirit livest and reignest, one God, now and for ever. Amen. 

Silent Devotions. 

+ When departing the church, please guard the silent prayer of others. +

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