Owen Vyner explores the signs and prayers of the unique and haunting Good Friday service, including the Liturgy of the Word and the Adoration of the Cross.
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- 0:22: Why do we use the words “Passion” and “Good” when describing this Friday?
- 3:41: No sacraments on Good Friday except Reconciliation and the Anointing of the Sick.
- 4:23: Time: Service at 3 pm.
- 5:15: Is the 3 pm service a Mass?
- 6:38: The Entrance: Silence.
- 6:46: Symbolism of the red vestments.
- 7:34: Prostration.
- 9:02: Adoration of the Cross.
- 11:42: Procession in Adoration of the Cross: The importance of our bodies and the meaning of procession.
- 17:27: Options for the prayer at the beginning of the Good Friday service.
- 18:39: Liturgy of the Word.
- 18:48: First Reading: Isaiah’s Suffering Servant.
- 19:22: Second Reading: Christ as the High Priest in the Letter to the Hebrews. What is the High Priest?
- 19:58: What was the Holy of Holies?
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- 20:47: Narrative of the Lord’s Passion from the Gospel of St John.
- 21:22: The 10 General Intercessions for the whole world.
- 22:30: The Adoration of the Cross: The Reproaches and the Trisagion.
- 23:43: Dismissal: No blessing, but only a prayer to God.
- 24:08: Departing in silence.
The talk is the second part of a three-part series by Owen Vyner on the signs and prayers of the Easter Triduum.
