Good Friday 2020

IN THE LIGHT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
GOOD FRIDAY (THE LORD’S PASSION)

HOLY WEEK KIT 2020 FOR THE FAMILY & HOUSEHOLD
TO BE PRAYED AT A SPECIFIC TIME SCHEDULED BY THE FAMILY & HOUSEHOLD
DAY OF FASTING & ABSTINENCE
Together:
Dear Lord Jesus, as we Mercy is the bridge that

reflect on Your passion and connects God and Man
death today by walking with ~ Misericordiae Vultus (MV2) ~
you on the road to Calvary,
we also want to reflect on
Your tremendous love for us
to the extend of suffering
and dying for our sins, for my
sins, on the Cross.
God of mercy and compassion
Look with pity upon me!
Father! Let me call Thee “Father.”
‘Tis thy child returns to Thee
JESUS, LORD! I ASK FOR MERCY,

LET ME NOT IMPLORE IN VAIN!
ALL MY SINS I NOW DETEST THEM,
HELP ME NOT TO SIN AGAIN

By my sins I have deserved,
Death and endless misery,
Hell with all its pains and torments
And for all eternity

WAY OF THE CROSS/COMPASSION
+ IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON,
AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN +
Together:
O God You willed your Son to undergo for us the
humiliation of the cross to deliver us from the
power of evil. We pray to you, fill our hearts
with love for Christ and sorrow for sin, and grant
that we may gain the grace of His Resurrection.
WAY OF THE CROSS/COMPASSION
Introductory comment
Meditating and reflecting on Jesus’ compassion

and his willingness in suffering humiliation,
death and resurrection; we learn of his humble
total obedience and self-giving merciful love;
we share in his life of holiness and mission, and
we look forward to his return in glory.
Opening prayer
Leader: Lord Jesus, at your Birth you came to share our nature. In
your Passion and Death you shared our pains and sorrows.
Through our meditation on the sufferings you endured for our
salvation, may we share your rejection of sin and your life of
commitment to God and neighbour. May we come to share also in
the glory of your Resurrection in the Kingdom where you live and
reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
ever.
All : Amen.
1ST STATION:
JESUS WASHES THE DISCIPLES’ FEET &
THE INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST
Leader :
We adore you, O Christ,
and we praise you.
All :
Because by your holy Cross you
have redeemed the world
1ST STATION:
Jn 13:12-17 (Jn 13:1-20)
When he had washed their feet and put on his outer
garments again he went back to the table. ‘Do you
understand’, he said, ‘what I have done to you? You call me
Master and Lord, and rightly; so I am. If I, then, the Lord and
Master, have washed your feet, you must wash each other’s
feet. I have given you an example so that you may copy what I
have done to you. In all truth I tell you, no servant is greater
than his master, no messenger is greater than the one who
sent him. Now that you know this, blessed are you if you
behave accordingly.’
1ST STATION:
1 Cor 11:23b-26 (Mt 26:26-29, Mk 14:22-25, Lk 22:14-20)

…on the night he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some
bread, and after he had given thanks, he broke it, and he said,
'This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of
me.' And in the same way, with the cup after supper, saying,
'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Whenever you
drink it, do this as a memorial of me.' Whenever you eat this
bread, then, and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the
Lord’s death until he comes.
1ST STATION:
Silent Meditation. Reflective Prayer
Lord Jesus, it was not enough for you to become one of us when
you took flesh and came to share our destiny. In your love for us
you did even more: you washed your disciples’ feet and you made
yourself bread and wine, to be our food, our constant companion
and our model.
Teach me, dear Lord, to become like you - bread and wine
offered in sacrifice to God and in humble service to my
neighbour. Help me to be everything to all, till I come to share
the food of eternal life, for ever and ever.
Song (To be
1ST STATION:
Song (To be sung to the tune of

“O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine”)
Your Body and Blood most holy,

Our food divine we share,
To quench our thirst and hunger,
And make us also care.
2ND STATION: JESUS PRAYS
AND AGONY IN GETHSEMANE
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
Lk 22:39-46 (Mt 26:36-46, Mk 14:32-42)

He then left to make his way as usual to the
Mount of Olives, with the disciples following.
When he reached the place he said to them, 'Pray
not to be put to the test.' Then he withdrew from
them, about a stone's throw away, and knelt
down and prayed. 'Father,' he said, 'if you are
willing, take this cup away from me. Nevertheless,
let your will be done, not mine.’
Then an angel appeared to him, coming from

heaven to give him strength. In his anguish he
prayed even more earnestly, and his sweat fell to
the ground like great drops of blood. When he
rose from prayer he went to the disciples and
found them sleeping for sheer grief. And he said
to them, 'Why are you asleep? Get up and pray
not to be put to the test.'
Hands clasped in prayer, in a desperate attempt to gather

strength to do the Father’s will. Those you asked to watch and
pray with you that night did not seem to care.
I, too, don’t seem to care, concerned as I am only about my

problems. I don’t seem to care about those who agonize in their
loneliness, their fears, their weaknesses. Forgive my selfishness,
Lord and grant me a heart as caring as yours, that I may do the
Father’s will even when it hurts deeply, for only in doing His will
shall I find peace.
Your agony in the Garden,

How dreadful, Lord, it was!
With you we watch in prayer.
Do grant your strength to us.
3RD STATION:
JESUS IS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
3RD STATION:
Mt 27:20-26a
(Mk 15:6-15, Lk 23:13-25, Jn 18:38b-40, Jn 19:4-16)
The chief priests and the elders, however, had
persuaded the crowd to demand the release of
Barabbas and the execution of Jesus. So when the
governor spoke and asked them, ‘which of the two do
you want me to release for you?’ they said, ‘Barabbas.’
Pilate said to them, 'But in that case, what am I to do
with Jesus who is called Christ?’
3RD STATION:
They all said, 'Let him be crucified!' He asked, 'But what

harm has he done?' But they shouted all the louder,
'Let him be crucified!' Then Pilate saw that he was
making no impression, that in fact a riot was imminent.
So he took some water, washed his hands in front of
the crowd and said, 'I am innocent of this man's blood.
It is your concern.' And the people, every one of them,
shouted back, 'Let his blood be on us and on our
children!' Then he released Barabbas for them.
3RD STATION:
It sounds incredible: sentenced to death by the very people to

whom you had come to bring life. And this terrible contradiction
seems to have no end, as I myself sentence you to death, once
again, every time I turn my back on the truth of your love.
The failure of human justice goes on in the unjust sentences by

which criminals are acquitted and innocent people are
condemned to die a thousand deaths in a life of misery and
rejection that puts us all to shame. Lord of Life, make me more
appreciative of your gift of life: life for all, life in its fullness.
3RD STATION:
Condemned you were, dear Lord,

Of God the only Son,
By leaders of the people,
To heal and save you’d come.
4TH STATION:
JESUS IS SCOURGED & CROWNED WITH THORNS
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
4TH STATION:
Mt 27:26b-30 (Mk 15:16-19, Jn 19:1-3)

After having Jesus scourged he handed him over to be
crucified. Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus with
them into the Praetorium and collected the whole cohort
round him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet cloak
round him, and having twisted some thorns into a crown
they put this on his head and placed a reed in his right
hand. To make fun of him they knelt to him saying, 'Hail,
king of the Jews!' And they spat on him and took the reed
and struck him on the head with it.
4TH STATION:
The scourges were like plows that cut deep into your flesh which
knew no sin!... They crowned your head with thorns, in cruel
mockery, calling you “king”–a title which was rightly yours, but
which you never claimed for yourself.
Lord Jesus, the hands that tormented you so savagely are also
mine, for I, too, have done to you what they did. And I still do it,
when I become merciless toward my brothers and sisters or put
them to shame. Have mercy on me, dear Jesus, have mercy on
me!
4TH STATION:
Your body, pure and holy,

Disfigured by the scourge,
Your head so bright and noble
With thorns they tried to purge.
5TH STATION:
JESUS CARRIES THE CROSS
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
5TH STATION:
Mt 27:31 (Mk 15:20, Jn 19:17a)

And when they had finished making fun
of him, they took off the cloak and
dressed him in his own clothes and led
him away to crucifixion.
5TH STATION:
Lord Jesus, you had carried wood so many times in your life, for
you had been a carpenter for many years. But the wooden beam
you are made to carry now is the instrument of your death. And it
is so heavy, for it includes the weight of the sins of all mankind.
I see in you numberless human beings who stagger under the

weight of the defects from which they are unable to set
themselves free; the weight of other people’s defects and
faults. Grant me the grace, O Lord, never to burden others with
my deficiencies but always to carry bravely the cross of my
daily duties in union with you.
5TH STATION:
Upon your shoulders full of wounds,

The cross for sins was laid.
You bore it all, dear Jesus,
That we all might be saved.
6TH STATION:
JESUS FALLS UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE CROSS
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
6TH STATION:
Is 53:4-5
Yet ours were the sufferings he was bearing, ours the
sorrows he was carrying, while we thought of him as
someone being punished and struck with affliction
by God; whereas he was being wounded for our
rebellions, crushed because of our guilt; the
punishment reconciling us fell on him, and we have
been healed by his bruises.
6TH STATION:
It was more than you could bear. The weight of the cross on your
shoulders, the weight of the insults being hurled at you by the
mad mob brought you down to the dust in total exhaustion.
I, too, fall, O Lord, when trials and failures make me stumble

and crush me to the ground. When this happens, Lord, do not let
discouragement and lack of faith in myself keep me in the dust
of humiliation and defeat. And when my brothers and sisters
fall, give me a compassionate heart that I may not add insult to
injury.
6TH STATION:
The sins of all mankind

Your feeble knees did bend.
Your gentle body’s made to fall
That we might so amend.
7TH STATION: JESUS IS HELPED BY
SIMON OF CYRENE TO CARRY THE CROSS
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
Mk 15:21 (Mt 27:32, Lk 23:26)

They enlisted a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene,
father of Alexander and Rufus, who was
coming in from the country, to carry his cross.
It must have been quite a surprise for Simon to see you, Lord,
stagger under the weight of the cross. He did not hesitate to take
your cross on his shoulders and so relieve you of its material
weight. But the weight of our sins was still on your shoulders, for
that weight only you could bear.
Make me like Simon of Cyrene, Lord. Grant me the strength and
generosity I need to help carry my neighbour’s burdens, for our
society is crowded with poor Christs crushed by crosses of all
shapes and weights.
Simon, the farmer helper,

Relieves you of your cross.
We wish we could, like him,
Help others in their loss.
8TH STATION: JESUS MEETS
THE PIOUS WOMEN OF JERUSALEM
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
Lk 23:27-31
Large numbers of people followed him, and women too, who
mourned and lamented for him. But Jesus turned to them and
said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep rather
for yourselves and for your children.
For look, the days are surely coming when people will say,
"Blessed are those who are barren, the wombs that have never
borne children, the breasts that have never suckled!" Then they
will begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!"; to the hills,
"Cover us!" For if this is what is done to green wood, what will
be done when the wood is dry?'
Those women were really sincere in their sorrow at seeing you so

afflicted. They knew your goodness, Lord. They knew your
innocence. But you directed their attention and tears to SIN in all
its forms, as the deeper cause of your suffering, and to the terrible
punishment which unrepentance brings down on all.
Grant me a new heart, O Lord. Grant that my tears may be

accompanied by the sincere resolve to eliminate the cause of
all tears: my offences against your love.
The weeping women met you,

With tears they mourn your pain.
May we, too, weep copiously ,
and never sin again.
9TH STATION:
JESUS IS STRIPPED AND NAILED TO THE CROSS
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
9TH STATION:
Lk 23:33-38 (Mt 27:33-44, Mk 15:22-32, Jn 19:17b-24)
When they reached the place called The Skull, there they
crucified him and the two criminals, one on his right, the
other on his left. Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them; they do not
know what they are doing.' Then they cast lots to share out
his clothing. The people stayed there watching. As for the
leaders, they jeered at him with the words, 'He saved others,
let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen
One.' The soldiers mocked him too, coming up to him,
offering him vinegar, and saying, 'If you are the king of the
Jews, save yourself.' Above him there was an inscription: 'This
is the King of the Jews'.
9TH STATION:
Lord, your gentle hands which blessed the children and the sick
are now mercilessly nailed to the wood of the cross. Your feet,
which had taken you from village to village to bring the good
news of the Kingdom to all, are now immobilized for ever. Your
enemies dare you to come down from the cross, but you don’t.
Not because of the nails, but because of your love for us sinners.
When faithfulness to my duties, Lord, becomes like sharp nails

that pin me to the cross of my commitments, grant me the grace
to persevere to the end, out of love and with love.
9TH STATION:
Between two thieves on Calvary

Nailed to the cross you were,
Insulted by your enemies,
Responded you in prayer.
10TH STATION: JESUS PROMISES
PARADISE TO THE REPENTANT THIEF
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
Lk 23:39-43
One of the criminals hanging there abused him: 'Are you not
the Christ? Save yourself and us as well.' But the other spoke
up and rebuked him. 'Have you no fear of God at all?' he said.
'You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we
deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has
done nothing wrong.'
Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when you come into your
kingdom.' He answered him, 'In truth I tell you, today you will
be with me in paradise.'
Lord, I see the left hand of the repentant thief desperately trying
to reach out to you as his last hope. I see your right hand trying to
reach out to him in a merciful embrace. But the nails prevent both
of you to touch each other. Yet, his sorrowful voice and your
reassuring words reach each other’s heart. The man is saved on
the last lap of his life!
Lord, grant that I may be as well disposed to people who have
done wrong as you were to the repentant thief. When my time
comes, may I hear from you the reassuring words: “Today you
will be with me in paradise.”
“Remember me in your Kingdom,”

Cried the repentant thief.
Remember us poor sinners
And bring us some relief.
11TH STATION: JESUS COMMITS HIS MOTHER,
AND HIS BELOVED DISCIPLE TO EACH OTHER
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
Jn 19:25-27
Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his
mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary
of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple
whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his
mother, 'Woman, this is your son.' Then to the
disciple he said, 'This is your mother.' And from
that hour the disciple took her into his home.
A Son, a Mother and a disciple: all three bound together by an

ardent love. But the bond is specially deep between you and your
Mother, dear Lord. Her destiny is uniquely bonded to yours.
Thinking of the years to come, you entrusted your Mother to the
disciple you loved most, and to her you entrusted the disciple
who represents all of us.
Thank you, dear Lord, for the gift of your Mother. I am now even
more a member of your “family” and nothing should break the
wonderful relationship which you established between your
Mother and me, between her and all mankind.
How deep was Mary’s pain,

How great her love for you.
You gave her to us all
To be our Mother true.
12TH STATION:
JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
12TH STATION:
Lk 23:44-46a
(Lk 23:46b-49, Mt 27:45-56, Mk 15:33-41)
It was now about the sixth hour and the sun's light
failed, so that darkness came over the whole land
until the ninth hour. The veil of the Sanctuary was
torn right down the middle. Jesus cried out in a
loud voice saying, 'Father, into your hands I
commit my spirit.’
12TH STATION:
Jn 19:28-30 (Jn 19:31-37)
Jesus knew that everything had now been completed and, so
that the scripture should be completely fulfilled, he said: ‘I
am thirsty.’ A jar full of sour wine stood there; so, putting a
sponge soaked in the wine on a hyssop stick, they held it up
to his mouth. After Jesus had taken the wine he said, ‘It is
fulfilled’; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit.
Mk 15:39
The centurion, who was standing in front of him, had seen
how he had died, and he said, 'In truth this man was Son of
God.'
12TH STATION:
We were all condemned to die because of our sins. Out of love,

you took upon yourself the death penalty that you alone did not
deserve. When you reached the end of your agony, you had only a
word of hope: “Father, into Your hands I commend my spirit.”
It was my sins, it was your love for me that killed you, dearest
Jesus. You died that I might live for ever. And now, dear Lord,
only this is left for me: that I should live for you, moment by
moment, in faithfulness and gratitude, so that, when my time
comes, your last words may be mine, too: “Father, Into your
hands, I commend my spirit.”
12TH STATION:
Your life you gave for all of us,

To save us from hell’s fire.
May we for you in faithfulness,
Day after day aspire.
13TH STATION:
JESUS IS LAID IN THE TOMB
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
13TH STATION:
Mt 27:57-60 (Mk 15:42-47, Lk 23:50-56, Jn 19:38-42)

When it was evening, there came a rich man of
Arimathaea, called Joseph, who had himself become a
disciple of Jesus. This man went to Pilate and asked for
the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be handed
over. So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean
shroud and put it in his own new tomb which he had
hewn out of the rock. He then rolled a large stone
across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
13TH STATION:
Lord Jesus, the dark night of death has engulfed you. In the
darkness of the sepulchre, the only brightness comes from the
tender love of your Mother, the faithfulness of John and Mary
Magdalene, and the friendship of Joseph of Arimathaea and a few
others. You are now laid to rest like a seed entrusted to the soil
for the harvest to come.
Your burial gives hope to our burials. Thanks to you, death does
not frighten me any more, for I know that it is but a long sleep in
the lap of mother earth. Give me rest, Lord! Give me rest and
peace with you forever!
13TH STATION:
With silent grief and tears

They laid you in the tomb
The noblest of all victims
Our hope for years to come.
14TH STATION:
JESUS RISES FROM DEATH
Leader :
and we praise you.
All :
14TH STATION:
Mt 28:1-6 (Mk 16:1-8, Lk 24:1-12, Jn 20:1-10)
After the Sabbath, and towards dawn on the first day of the
week, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to visit the
sepulchre. And suddenly there was a violent earthquake, for
an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and
rolled away the stone and sat on it. His face was like lightning,
his robe white as snow. The guards were so shaken by fear of
him that they were like dead men. But the angel spoke; and
he said to the women, 'There is no need for you to be afraid. I
know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not
here, for he has risen, as he said he would. Come and see the
place where he lay.
14TH STATION:
Your enemies were celebrating over your death. Your disciples

and friends were in deep mourning, for with your death they had
seen all their dreams vanish. Both your enemies and friends
underestimated your power.
Your body could not undergo corruption, for it was the body of
God’s incarnate Son. Your victory over sin would have not been
complete if you had not risen from death.
Your resurrection, Lord, is the pattern of my resurrection. It is a
challenge for me to rise from the grave of sin to the life of
grace. Thank you, Lord, for dying for me. Thank you for rising for
me!
14TH STATION:
The doors of death you shattered.

Hell’s might you did break,
As gloriously you gave new life,
When you rose from the grave.
PRAYER FOR THE INTENTIONS OF
THE HOLY FATHER
•Our Father…
•Glory be…
•Hail Mary…
CLOSING PRAYER
Leader :
All-powerful, ever living God, your only Son died

for our sins and rose triumphantly from the dead.
In your goodness and mercy, raise up your
faithful people to be one with him in the eternal life of
heaven, where he lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
All: Amen!
By my sins I have deserved,
Death and endless misery,
Hell with all its pains and torments
And for all eternity

See, our Saviour, bleeding, dying
On the Cross of Calvary;
To that Cross my sins have nailed Him
Yet He bleeds and dies for me


VENERATION OF THE CROSS
Holding a crucifix in our hands

INDIVIDUALLY , let us take a moment
to gaze at the cross with reverence.
(Use your own individual personal
cross)
VENERATION OF THE CROSS
Together:
We worship you, Lord,

We venerate your cross,
We praise your resurrection.
Through the cross you brought joy to the world.
May God be gracious and bless us;
And let his face shed its light upon us.
Amen.

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IN THE LIGHT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

GOOD FRIDAY (THE LORD’S PASSION)

Dear Lord Jesus, as we Mercy is the bridge that

JESUS, LORD! I ASK FOR MERCY,

GOOD FRIDAY (THE LORD’S PASSION)

GOOD FRIDAY (THE LORD’S PASSION)

Meditating and reflecting on Jesus’ compassion

1 Cor 11:23b-26 (Mt 26:26-29, Mk 14:22-25, Lk 22:14-20)

Song (To be sung to the tune of

Your Body and Blood most holy,

Lk 22:39-46 (Mt 26:36-46, Mk 14:32-42)

Then an angel appeared to him, coming from

Hands clasped in prayer, in a desperate attempt to gather

I, too, don’t seem to care, concerned as I am only about my

Your agony in the Garden,

They all said, 'Let him be crucified!' He asked, 'But what

It sounds incredible: sentenced to death by the very people to

The failure of human justice goes on in the unjust sentences by

Condemned you were, dear Lord,

Mt 27:26b-30 (Mk 15:16-19, Jn 19:1-3)

Your body, pure and holy,

Mt 27:31 (Mk 15:20, Jn 19:17a)

I see in you numberless human beings who stagger under the

Upon your shoulders full of wounds,

I, too, fall, O Lord, when trials and failures make me stumble

The sins of all mankind

Mk 15:21 (Mt 27:32, Lk 23:26)

Simon, the farmer helper,

Those women were really sincere in their sorrow at seeing you so

Grant me a new heart, O Lord. Grant that my tears may be

The weeping women met you,

When faithfulness to my duties, Lord, becomes like sharp nails

Between two thieves on Calvary

“Remember me in your Kingdom,”

A Son, a Mother and a disciple: all three bound together by an

How deep was Mary’s pain,

We were all condemned to die because of our sins. Out of love,

Your life you gave for all of us,

Mt 27:57-60 (Mk 15:42-47, Lk 23:50-56, Jn 19:38-42)

With silent grief and tears

Your enemies were celebrating over your death. Your disciples

The doors of death you shattered.

All-powerful, ever living God, your only Son died

GOOD FRIDAY (THE LORD’S PASSION)

JESUS, LORD! I ASK FOR MERCY,

GOOD FRIDAY (THE LORD’S PASSION)

Holding a crucifix in our hands

We worship you, Lord,

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