Holy Week: Family Celebration for Good Friday

(UPDATE: Entrance hymn has changed & Stations of the cross (12th-14th have changed)

Entrance hymn 756When I survey the Wondrous Cross

Stations of the Cross:
752 My song is love unknown vs 1-2
after 1st station: 752 My song is love unknown vs 3.
after 2nd Station: 752 My song is love unknown Vs. 4
after 3rd Station: 343 Where are you bound, Mary ref and Vs. 1
after 4th Station: 343 Where are you bound, Mary ref and Vs. 2
after 5th Station: 608 Take my hands Vs. 2
after 6th Station: 608 Take my hands Vs. 3
after 7th Station: How deep the Father's love for us vs. 1-2
after 8th Station: How deep the Father's love for us vs. 3-4
after 9th Station: How deep the Father's love for us vs. 5-6
after 10th Station: 225 Were you there vs 1
after 11th Station: 225 Were you there vs 2
after 12th Station: 225 Were you there vs 4
after 13th Station: 225 Were you there vs 5

Veneration of the Cross: (music to be provided by the Ghanian Choir)

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Entrance hymn  756When I survey the Wondrous Cross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDkuxEIcpdI
http://youtu.be/4_fvFfPqjO4

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o’er His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Stations of the Cross:
752 My song is love unknown vs 1-2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv7OZSoA22w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMart4wXsI0

My song is love unknown,
My Saviour's love to me;
Love to the loveless shown,
That they might lovely be.
O who am I, that for my sake
My Lord should take, frail flesh and die?

He came from His blest throne
Salvation to bestow;
But men made strange, and none
The longed for Christ would know:
But O! my Friend, my Friend indeed,
Who at my need His life did spend.

after 1st station: 752 My song is love unknown vs 3.

Sometimes they strew His way,
And His sweet praises sing;
Resounding all the day
Hosannas to their King:
Then “Crucify!” is all their breath,
And for His death they thirst and cry.

after 2nd Station: 752 My song is love unknown Vs. 4

Why, what hath my Lord done?
What makes this rage and spite?
He made the lame to run,
He gave the blind their sight,
Sweet injuries! Yet they at these
Themselves displease, and ’gainst Him rise.

after 3rd Station: 343 Where are you bound, Mary ref & Vs. 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSPwQWIMexw (but much slower)

(Refrain)
Where are you bound, Mary, Mary ?
Where are you bound, Mother of God ?

Beauty is a dove sitting on a sunlit bough,
beauty is a prayer without the need of words.
Words are more than sounds, falling off an empty tongue:
let it be according to his word. (Refrain)

after 4th Station: 343 Where are you bound, Mary ref & Vs. 2

(Refrain)
Where are you bound, Mary, Mary ?
Where are you bound, Mother of God ?

Mary heard the word spoken in her inmost heart;
Mary bore the word and held him in her arms.
Sorrow she has known, seeing him upon the cross
-greater joy to see him rise again.  (Refrain)

after 5th Station: 608 Take my hands Vs. 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnYzagXbJ3k

Take my hands they speak now for my heart,
And by their actions they will show their love,
Guard them on their daily course,
Be their strength and guiding force,
To ever serve the Trinity above.

after 6th Station: 608 Take my hands Vs. 3

Take my hands I give them to you Lord,
Prepare them for the service of your name,
Open them to human need,
And by their love they'll sow your seed,
So all may know the love and hope you give,

after 7th Station: How deep the Father's love for us vs. 1-2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjD0lv8hx5o

How deep the Father's love for us,
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss,
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One,
Bring many sons to glory

after 8th Station: How deep the Father's love for us vs. 3-4

Behold the Man upon a cross,
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed I hear my mocking voice,
Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that left Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished

after 9th Station: How deep the Father's love for us vs. 5-6

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom

after 10th Station: 225 Were you there vs 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAR_tSQtieg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud1iP0oSSew

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

after 11th Station: 225 Were you there vs 2

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

after 12th Station: 225 Were you there vs 3

Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?

after 13th Station: 225 Were you there vs 4


Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?


after 13th Station: 225 Were you there vs 5

Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?