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We celebrate Good Friday

And thank God reverently

For our saviour’s sacrifice

Thank God It's Good Friday

THE LONG FRIDAY

 

The Long Friday

Or Good Friday

Marks the day

The Temple Guards

Aided by the Judas kiss

Arrested Jesus

At Gethsemane

Also his interrogation

By High Priest Caiaphas

And the Sanhedrin

Who condemned him to death

Before conveying him before

The Roman governor

Pontius Pilate

Who with reluctance

Ordered his crucifixion

At the place of the Skull

ON A HILL IN CALVARY

 

On a hill in Calvary

In a savage unenlightened time

Nailed upon a rugged cross

By brutal hand

They thought to kill a man

To snuff out his light

That light of purest love

Unquenchable, indestructible

 

On that hill in Calvary

He died for us

The shadow of that cross

Cast upon the bloody land

Was an illuminating shadow

That spread light and love

Shining across millennia

Unquenchable, indestructible

 

On that hill in Calvary

He died for us

In that savage unenlightened time

Murdered by brutal hand

Humiliated, dehumanised

But through his love for us

And his sacrifice for us

He redeemed us

VIA DOLOROSA

The path that Jesus walked

Carrying his cross with him

Was the Via Dolorosa

In the old city of Jerusalem

 

It was the way of sorrows

The way of grief

The way of suffering

For his life so brief

IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS

 

When the world

Appears a troubled place

When you see pain

Etched into every face

Look for hope

In the shadow of the cross

 

When evil lives

In the hearts of man

When our neighbours

Plot our destruction

Look for hope

In the shadow of the cross

 

When you are burdened

With anxiety and fear

When you are so desperate

For someone to hear

Look for Him

In the shadow of the cross

EASTER ISN’T JUST ABOUT EASTER EGGS

 

Easter isn’t just about Easter eggs

I have a far deeper meaning in mind

Easter marks the death and resurrection

Of the saviour of all mankind

THE SHADOW OF GOLGOTHA

 

Our lord beaten and bloody

Must die like a criminal

To add insult upon injury

Atop his tousled curls

Was set a thorny crown

Pressed into his scalp

He carried his cross

Upon his bloodied back

Through narrow streets

To the baying of the crowds

Then onto the hill of Calvary

Where the prince of peace

Was nailed to his cross of pain

And dealt the final blow

His side pierced by a spear

His earthly life ebbing away

Through the open wound

He called out to God

But not for vengeance

He asked that they be forgiven

And his cross of pain

Cast a Holy shadow

Across the world

That reached every corner

But the shadow cast

Was not one of darkness

But one of light

A divine light

The light of love

Which still shines today

For it is the eternal light of God

GETHSEMANE

 

In that favoured retreat

Of Gethsemane’s garden

Did the Prince of peace

In his agonies

Sweat blood upon

That fertile ground

Forsaken by his father

Doubting his destiny

And how wretchedly betrayed

By that simple Judas kiss

WE CELEBRATE GOOD FRIDAY

 

We celebrate Good Friday

Because 2000 years ago

God proved that we matter

When he let his only son go

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We celebrate Good Friday

And thank God reverently

For our saviour’s sacrifice

Thank God It's Good Friday

ONE OF THE TWELVE - JUDAS ISCARIOT

 

One of the twelve

Judas Iscariot

The betrayer

The taker of coins

The lost soul

Satan’s pawn

Hanged himself

Replaced as an apostle

By Matthias

WE CELEBRATE GOOD FRIDAY

 

We celebrate Good Friday

Because 2000 years ago

God proved that we matter

When he let his only son go

HOLY SATURDAY

 

Holy Saturday

Is not a Mass

But a time of

Prayer and fasting

And meditating on Christ’s

Passion and Death

His Descent into Hell

And his Resurrection

EASTER VIGIL

 

The Easter Vigil,

Is the longest and most solemn

It begins after sundown

With the Service of Light

When a new fire is kindled

Symbolising the Light of salvation

Which is used to light

The Paschal candle

Symbolising the Light of Christ

Reminding all that

Christ is Light and life

GLAD SATURDAY

 

Glad Saturday

Better known as

Holy Saturday

Is not a Mass

But a time of

Prayer and fasting

And meditating on Christ’s

Passion and Death

His Descent into Hell

And his Resurrection

GOOD FRIDAY

 

Good Friday

Marks the day

The Temple Guards

Aided by the Judas kiss

Arrested Jesus

At Gethsemane

Also, his interrogation

By High Priest Caiaphas

And the Sanhedrin

Who condemned him to death

Before conveying him before

The Roman governor

Pontius Pilate

Who with reluctance

Ordered his crucifixion

At the place of the Skull

 

ONE OF THE TWELVE - JUDAS ISCARIOT

One of the twelve

Judas Iscariot

The betrayer

The taker of coins

The lost soul

Satan’s pawn

Hanged himself

Replaced as an apostle

By Matthias

IT'S SAD THAT IN DEMOCRATIC AMERICA

 

It's sad that in Democratic America

That Black Friday gives them more of a lift

Than Good Friday, as they are more

Interested in bargains than the greatest gift

FOR A FEW SILVER COINS

 

One of the twelve

Chosen Apostles

Possessed of Evil?

Or pawn of Christ

Judas Iscariot met

High Priest Caiaphas

And left the temple

With the Sanhedrin bribe

“Thirty pieces of silver”

Bought an apostle

And Christ’s fate was sealed

For after the last supper

In the gardens of Gethsemane

Judas Iscariot delivered

His kiss of betrayal

Condemning them both

By that single act

To an untimely death

Judas by his own hand

And Christ on the cross

THE SHADOW OF GOLGOTHA

 

Our lord beaten and bloody

Must die like a criminal

To add insult upon injury

Atop his tousled curls

Was set a thorny crown

Pressed into his scalp

He carried his cross

Upon his bloodied back

Through narrow streets

To the baying of the crowds

Then onto the hill of Calvary

Where the prince of peace

Was nailed to his cross of pain

And dealt the final blow

His side pierced by a spear

His earthly life ebbing away

Through the open wound

He called out to God

But not for vengeance

He asked that they be forgiven

And his cross of pain

Cast a Holy shadow

Across the world

That reached every corner

But the shadow cast

Was not one of darkness

But one of light

A divine light

The light of love

Which still shines today

For it is the eternal light of God