2020-03-28 Judica Sunday / Fifth Sunday in Lent

Hymn of Invocation                438 “A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth” Stanzas 1-2 

 Introit prayed responsively with the congregation 

Antiphon (Ps. 43:1-2a)   Vindicate me, O God, *   and plead my cause against an ungodly nation;  Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! *   For You are the God of my strength. 

Psalm  (Ps. 43:3-5)  Oh, send out Your light and Your truth!  Let them lead me; *   let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your tabernacle.  Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; *   and on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.  Why are you cast down, O my soul? *   And why are you disquieted with in me?   Hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him, *   the help of my countenance and my God. 

Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit;  as it was in the beginning,   is now and will be forever. Amen.     (Antiphon is repeated.) 

Old Testament Reading        Genesis 22:1-14 The sacrifice of Isaac 

Gradual Hymn                  438 “A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth” Stanzas 3-4 

Epistle               Hebrews 9:11-15 Jesus is our faithful High Priest 

Tract prayed responsively with the congregation (Ps. 129:1-4) 

“Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” *   let Israel now say—  “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; *   yet they have not prevailed against me.   The plowers plowed on my back; *   they made their furrows long.”  The LORD is righteous; * He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked. 

Holy Gospel               John 8:42-59 If anyone keeps My words, he shall never see death. 

Hymn of the Day             430 “My Song Is Love Unknown” Stanzas 1-5 

Hymn before Communion           430 “My Song Is Love Unknown” Stanzas 6-7 

Hymn to Depart             431 “Not All the Blood of Beasts”