Prayers: Good Friday
God of love,
we stand at the foot of the Cross
as the hour comes for Jesus to glorify you.
We pray for those places where darkness stilltruly covers the earth.
Open the doors of your sanctuary,
so that all people, following Jesus,
can contemplate the eternal glory which you give.
This we ask in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
God of love,
as we stand at the foot of the Cross,
keep our eyes fixed on Jesus.
Help us to see the pain, despair and
rejection which Jesus suffered for us.
This we ask in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Collect 57
Almighty Father,
look with mercy on this your family
for which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed
and given up into the hands of sinners
and to suffer death upon the cross;
who is alive and glorified with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Revised New Calendar and The Contemporary Collects