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Jesus is Condemned to Death
Kneel |
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Presider: |
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We adore you, O Christ, and we praise
you. |
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All: |
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Because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world. |
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Arise |
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Leaving the house of Caiaphas where
he had been blasphemed, and the house of Herod where
he had been mocked, Jesus is dragged before Pilate,
his back torn with scourges, his head crowned with thorns;
and he who on the last day will judge the living and
the dead, is himself condemned to a shameful death. |
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It was for us that you did suffer,
O blessed Jesus; it was for our sins you were condemned
to die. Grant that we may detest our sins from the bottom
of our hearts, and by this repentance obtain your mercy
and pardon. |
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Reader: |
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The entire assembly rose up and led
Jesus before Pilate. They started his prosecution by
saying, "We found this man subverting our nation
and calling himself the Messiah, a king." They
demanded with loud cries that he be crucified, and their
shouts increased in violence. Pilate then decreed that
what they demanded should be done. |
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All: |
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Shelter me against the council of malefactors,
against the tumult of evildoers, who sharpen their tongues
like swords, who aim like arrows their bitter words. |
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All sing: |
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At the cross her station keeping,
Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Close to Jesus to the last. |
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