Tenebrae
The Collect:
Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped
and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the
sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be
revealed; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
OLD TESTAMENT: Isaiah 50:4-9a
The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how
to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens— wakens
my ear to listen as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear,
and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward. I gave my back to those
who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not
hide my face from insult and spitting. The Lord Godhelps me; therefore, I
have not been disgraced; therefore, I have set my face like flint, and I know
that I shall not be put to shame; 8he who vindicates me is near. Who will
contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who are my adversaries? Let
them confront me. It is the Lord God who helps me; who will declare me
guilty?
Reader: The Word of the Lord People: Thanks be to God
PSALM: Psalm 70
1 Be pleased, O God, to deliver me; *
O Lord, make haste to help me.
2 Let those who seek my life be ashamed and altogether dismayed; *
let those who take pleasure in my misfortune draw back and be
disgraced.
3 Let those who say to me “Aha!” and gloat over me turn back, *
because they are ashamed.
4 Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; *
let those who love your salvation say forever, “Great is the Lord!”
5 But as for me, I am poor and needy; *
come to me speedily, O God.
6 You are my helper and my deliverer; *
O Lord, do not tarry.
EPISTLE: Hebrews 12:1-3
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let
us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let
us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus
the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that
was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has
taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who
endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not
grow weary or lose heart.
Reader: The Word of the Lord People: Thanks be to God
GOSPEL: John 13:21-32
After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, “Very truly,
I tell you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked at one
another, uncertain of whom he was speaking. One of his disciples—the
one whom Jesus loved—was reclining next to him; Simon Peter
therefore motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking. So,
while reclining next to Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?” Jesus
answered, “It is the one to whom I give this piece of bread when I have
dipped it in the dish.” So, when he had dipped the piece of bread, he
gave it to Judas’s son of Simon Iscariot. After he received the piece of
bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “Do quickly what you
are going to do.” Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.
Some thought that, because Judas had the common purse, Jesus was
telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival”; or, that he should give
something to the poor. So, after receiving the piece of bread, he
immediately went out. And it was night. When he had gone out, Jesus
said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been
glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify
him in himself and will glorify him at once.
Reader: The Gospel of the Lord People: Praise to you, Lord Christ