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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1983, Page 416

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PROPOSED AGENDA

pray for those who persecute us. We therefore earnestly implore you that by your
gracious visitation all our enemies may be led to true repentance and may have the
same love and be of one accord and one mind and heart with us and with your whole
Church: through Jesus Christ. our Lord. ~

@ Amen

a Let us pray for the fruits of the earth, that God would send down his blessing
upon them and graciously dispose our hearts to enjoy them according to his own
goodwill:

P QO Lord, Father Almighty, by your Word you created and you will continue to
bless and uphold all things. We pray you so to reveal to us your Word. our Lord
Jesus Christ. that he may dwell in our hearts and we may by your grace be made
ready to receive your blessing on all the fruits of the earth and those things that
pertain to our bodily need: through Jesus Christ, our Lord. ~

@ Amen

a Finalty let us pray for all those things for which our Lord would have us ask.
saving:

@ Our Father who art in heaven. OR Our Father in heaven.
hallowed be thy name. hallowed be your name.
thy kingdom come. your kingdom come,
thy will be done your will be done

on earth as it 1s in heaven. on earth as in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread: Give us today our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those as we forgive those
who trespass against uy: who sin against us
and lead us not into temptation, Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil but deliver us from evil
For thine ts the kingdom For the kingdom, the power,
and the power and the glon and the glory are yours
forever and ever. Amen now and forever. Amen

Stand

1). Iftt was not placed before the service began. a roughhewn cross may be carried
tn procession through the church and placed in front of the altar.

11, The following SENTENCES AND RESPONSES are sung or said. the first
Sentence and response 1s sung or said as the procession begins, the second as the

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@ Oh, come, let us wor - ship him.

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12. Silence is kept tor meditation on the crucified Savior and redemption

13. The HYMN, O Dearest Jesus. What Law Have You Broken.” Hymn 119.
may be sung to conclude the meditation

Stand

14. The HYMN. The Roval Banners Forward Go,” Hymn 103 or 16-4, is sung
The congregation may sing stanzas 1. 3. and S to the chorale melody, and the choir
Stanzas 2 and 4 10 the plainsong melods

Kneel

P We adore you, O Christ. and we bless you.

@ Bs sour holy cross you have redeemed the world

1S. The ministers and worshipers leave in silence.

Pprocesston 1s halfway to the altar, the third as the procession ends at the altar.
When there is no procession, these are simply repeated in sequence.

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P Behold, the life-giving cross on which was hung the salvation

of the whole world.

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@ Oh, come, let us wor: ship him.

P Behold, the life-giving cross on which was hung the salvation

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@ Oh, come, fet us wor: ship) him.

P Behold, the life-giving cross on which was hung the salvation

of the whole world.

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GOOD FRIDAY II

1. The Divine Service on Good Friday follows a sumple form. The Invocation ts
omitted, as well as the mvitations to pray. salutations, responses, and acclamations

2 When there 1s Communion. the altar is vested only witha fair linen, upon hich

the corporal is to be placed. The altar candles are lighted. and the cross or crucifix is
covered with a plain cloth. When there is no Communion, the altar is bare of

paraments. linens. and ornaments

3. After the opening hymn the ministerts) and congregation join in the confession

of Sins

Kneel/Stand

@ O aimehty God. mercitul OR P Almighty God. our Maker and

Father. |. a poor. miserable sinner.
contess to sou all my sins and
Imquities with which | have ever
olfended sou and justly deserved
sour punishment now and forever.
But lam heartily sorr for them and
sincerely repent of them, and I pray
you of your boundless mercy and for
the sake of the hols. innocent. bitter
sufferings and death of sour belaved
Son, Jesus Christ. to be gracious and
merciful to me. a poor sinful being

The minister stands and pronounces
the absolution

Redeemer, we poor sinners confess
to you that we are by nature sinful
and unclean and that we have sinned
against you by thought, word, and
deed; therefore we flee for refuge to
your boundless mercy, seeking and
imploring your grace for the sake of
our Lord Jesus Christ.

Pp & @ Omost merciful God. since
you have given your only-begotten
Son to die for us, have mercy on us
and for his sake grant us forgiveness
of all our sins: and by your Hols
Sprint increase in us true knowledge

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