PRAYER IN TIME OF SICKNESS

LORD, YOU ARE THE HEALER. You heal people of sickness and affliction through Your love and compassion. Visit me, Lord, and grant me strength to bear this sickness which I suffer. Grant me patience, submission to Your will and trust in Your loving care. I pray that You will bless the means used for my recovery and those who administer them. Grant that my sickness may be to my spiritual benefit.

Merciful Lord, the true comfort and hope of those who suffer, I entreat that You accept the prayers which I offer to You. I offer my sufferings in union with Your sufferings on the cross, for the conversion of sinners, for the forgiveness of sins, in reparation for sins and for the salvation of souls.

Grant that this sickness which I suffer may bring me closer to You. You are the Lord of life and health. You alone can raise me up from my bed of sickness. I thus turn to You with a humble heart and a repentant spirit. My Lord, have mercy on me. I ask that my sins be forgiven. My health is in Your hands. You need say only the word and I will get well again. Yet let Your will, not mine be done. You know best what leads to my health and my eternal salvation.

I thank You for the many blessings You have bestowed on me during my life. I ask that I be healed, if this is Your will. I ask for the courage and humility to bear my illness with grace and dignity, if it is to remain with me. Whatever befall in this instance, I bless and glorify Your name, Merciful Lord.

Amen.

POPE PAUL VI AND ARCHBISHOP ROMERO FOR CANONISATION 14th OCTOBER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_q4uba9lBY

POPE PAUL VI AND ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO ARE 

DUE TO BE CANONIZED ON 14th OCTOBER.

The day a future pope laid a foundation stone

https://lumierecharitycoffeebreak.blogspot.com/2018/03/

Saint of the unborn child - Blessed Pope Paul VI
http://churchinterfaith.blogspot.com/2016/09/saint-of-unborn-child-blessed-pope-paul.html

Prayer to Blessed Paul VI for your unborn child
http://churchinterfaith.blogspot.com/2016/09/prayer-to-blessed-paul-vi-for-your.html

With thanks to vaticannews.va and youtube

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH IS AT ALL NIGHT VIGIL - WHY NOT JOIN IN PRAYER?

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH IS AT ALL NIGHT PRAYER VIGIL.
We are praying for

• All undergoing surgery
• All prisoners
• All families of prisoners
• All in moral distress
• All in emotional distress
• All suffering from injustice
• New mothers and their infants
• New fathers and their infants
• For families
• For those suffering form divorce
• For those suffering grave illness and pain
• For animals in need
• For God's renewing Spirit to sweep through the world and enlighten our minds
• For change of heart for abortionists, to embrace the sanctity of life
• For all in essential services
• For each person in the world, past, present and future

May God's Glory reign.

Blessings upon you within this Prayer Chapel.

Rev Catherine

With thanks to Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs3K6Y0K4vM

UNCLOTHED PHOTOGRAPHS: THE MORAL ISSUE

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH HAS BEEN APPRISED OF SITUATIONS IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS ARE ASKED TO PROVIDE UNCLOTHED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEMSELVES.

The moral issue of course is that modesty and self respect mandate that each person regard his or her personal body as the Temple of God. Each of us has been created in the Image of God (Genesis 1:27). "Do you not know that your bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, Who is in you, Whom you have received from God? You are not your own." (1 Corinthians 6:19)

Vulnerable

The request to receive unclothed photographs of individuals leaves the person vulnerable to various consequences. Moral issue aside, the beauty of the personal form is safest within the sacrament  of marriage.

Consequences may include:

- lack of control over who views the image

- embarrassment in the professional work setting due to images making their way into the public domain

- mortification when family members become aware of the images

When asked to provide unclothed photographs, what is the best guidance?

DON'T.

CHRISTIAN SAINTS DISRESPECTED AT MET GALA - WHY NOT SIGN THE PETITION?

Jesus Wept

HOLY CANON LAW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CLEARLY STATES THAT SACRED OBJECTS, WHICH ARE DESIGNATED FOR DIVINE WORSHIP BY DEDICATION OR BLESSING, ARE TO BE TREATED REVERENTLY AND ARE NOT TO BE EMPLOYED FOR PROFANE OR INAPPROPRIATE USE EVEN IF THEY ARE OWNED BY PRIVATE PERSONS. (CANON 1171) [1] 

  Among the objects related to divine worship are vestments, linens, a cross for public veneration, images for public veneration. [2] 

  The deliberate putting of such objects to profane, common, or sordid use for a time contrary to their cultic orientation, is at issue in canon 1376, regarding the undue use of sacred objects. 

  The sacred character of the object, the offender's sacrilegious intent, and possible scandal of the faithful are to be considered in assessing imputability in the case of a person who profanes a movable or immovable sacred object. (Canon 1376) [3]

Vogue Met Show

The Vogue Met Show "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" was launched in Rome in Galleria Colonna, in the presence of Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, who acts as the Vatican's president of the Pontifical Council for Culture: Alleged News.

  Alongside the Cardinal was Mr Andrew Bolton, curator in charge at the Met's Anna Wintour Costume Center; Alleged News. 

  Cardinal Ravasi was there as official representative of the Catholic Church, which granted Mr Bolton and his team unprecedented access to its treasured items, and has lent more than 40 sacred items from the sacristy of the Sistine Chapel; Alleged News.  

  According to Mr Bolton, the sacred items range in date from the mid-18th to the early 21st centuries and encompass more than 15 papacies; Alleged News. 

  The earliest is a mantle worn by Benedict XIV, the latest a pair of Saint John Paul II's red shoes; Alleged News. 

 The Papal Tiara worn by Blessed Pius IX is also among the items; Alleged News. [4]

Launch of the Met Gala

 Some of the sacred items are to travel to New York: Alleged News. [4]

  Good Shepherd Church has viewed footage of the Met Gala.

Among fashions noted at the Launch, the clothing of the Holy Father of the Catholic Church was reflected in silver short female attire, with papal mitre. 

  Another dress, high cut with cutaway neckline featured a jewelled cross theme. A further gold gown featured low cleavage with gold cross and cross jewellery. 

  The images of Our Blessed Lady were applied over a further strapless dress. An entire nativity scene was featured in a headdress. [5]

During the Met Gala on Monday night, singer Madonna put on a post-dinner performance, singing her song from 1989, Like a Prayer: Alleged News. 
  The singer appeared in the Great Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art walking down steps, flanked by monks, starting her performance in matching robe, before removing clothing to a white corset and sheer skirt, wearing a fake crown of thorns; Alleged News. [6]

Sacrilege

Word on the street is that the use of the holy church items in this way has caused scandal of the gravest level. Reference by many is being made to the words of Our Lady of Fatima, who prophesied, 

  "The sins of the world are too great! The sins which lead most souls to hell are sins of the flesh! Certain fashions will be introduced which will offend Our Lord very much. Those who serve God should not follow these fashions. The Church has no fashions; Our Lord is always the same." [7]

Moral distress is being experienced by Christian worshippers, who view this treatment of sacred objects as sacrilege - a violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred. 

  Of issue to the faithful is the Vatican endorsement of sacred objects, historically blessed and used in faithful service of Our Lord Jesus Christ, being used in profane manner; Alleged News. [4]  

  It is considered that the grave matter of Canon 1171 has direct bearing on the treatment of sacred objects. 

Furthermore, the first class relics of saints have traditionally been treated with utmost respect as direct attribute of one who had offered the best of personal life and worship in service of the Almighty God. 

  The first class relics of Blessed Pope Pius IX and Saint John Paul II have been included in access for the Met Launch; Alleged News. [4] This is considered by  many to be a direct departure from the tradition - honoured since earliest Christian times - of treating items associated with men and women of great holiness with honour. It is further considered that honour for those of historical sanctity has been transposed into a situation of disrespect; indeed, of dishonor.

The values on which Christianity is based are those of the modest and all holy Jesus Christ, the Son of God. These values have been promulgated by the church since earliest Christian times. Indeed, the Catechism of the Catholic Church promotes the following:

"Purity requires modesty, an integral part of temperance... It guides how one looks at others and behaves towards them in conformity with the dignity of persons and their solidarity." [8]

" ... Modesty is decency. It inspires one's choice of clothing. [9]

"There is a modesty of the feelings as well as of the body, It protests, for example, against the voyeuristic explorations of the human body in certain advertisements, or against the solicitations of certain media that go too far in the exhibition of intimate things. Modesty inspires a way of life which makes it possible to resist the allurements of fashion and the pressures of prevailing ideologies."[10]

Faithful worshippers of God who endeavour to the best of their ability to aspire towards the value of modesty are vigorously questioning Vatican endorsement of the exhibition which does not adhere to either Canon 1171 or CC 2521, 2522 and 2523.

Worshipping Christians have been scandalised by the juxtaposition of what is held holy - both in Christian tradition and common human decency - with morals and values not in keeping with Canon 1171 or Catechism of the Catholic Church numbers 2521, 2522 and 2523.

Christians follow the Son of God Who is the God-given pattern to humanity of behaviour befitting the noble crown of God's creation: man and woman. Our Lord Jesus Christ dressed and behaved with humility, dignity and respect. Our Lady dressed in same manner. Those who follow the path of Our Lord Jesus Christ aspire to the same. Further, Christians call on their leadership to support the sacred tenets of the church at all times.

Call by  Good Shepherd Church

At Fatima, Our Lady clearly warned that troubled times lay ahead, and one of the issues would be that regarding outward reflection of inner respect for the Image of God within man and women.  As scandal among Christians at both use of sacred regalia in contravention of Canon 1171 and inappropriate portrayal of Christ's suffering of thorns grows, Good Shepherd Church is at all night vigil in reparation for the dishonor shown to Christ and the saints and holy people of His church.

Priests bear the great privilege of the office: yet with this office comes great responsibility. 

We call on Christian leaders to restore sacred vestments to the holiness of the sacristy of the church, and not to expose them to situations 

not in keeping with the Godly values 

to which the church aspires.

WHY NOT SIGN THE PETITION?

http://www.returntoorder.org/petition/reparation-scandal-metropolitan-museum-art/?PKG=RTOE0479

Our Lady, Mother of the Son of God

[1] Code of Canon Law
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P48.HTM

[2] New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, edited by J.Beal, J.Coriden and T. Green. 2000. Paulist Press: USA.
RDCA I,VII; DB, pt.3,;ch.31-42 (New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law page 1405

[3] Code of Canon Law
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P53.HTM
and New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, edited by J.Beal, J.Coriden and T. Green. 2000. Paulist Press: USA.Page 1585

[4] Highest Fashion! Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi joins Andrew Bolton, Donatella Versace, and Anna Wintour for the Rome Launch of the Met's Show "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination", Alleged News
https://www.vogue.com/article/metropolitan-museum-heavenly-bodies-fashion-and-the-catholic-imagination-exhibit-preview

[5] Piers Morgan; Alleged News
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5703953/PIERS-MORGAN-Met-Islam-Jewish-themed-hell-break-loose-disrespect-religion.html

[6] Inside the Met Gala 2018: Madonna juxtaposes sex and religion as she performs 1989 hit Like a Prayer at Catholic-themed bash ...  .... Alleged News
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5702229/Madonna-sings-Like-Prayer-Gigi-Gisele-live-list-fashion-crowd-Met-Gala.html?ITO=1490

[7] Our Lady of Fatima
http://www.catholic-saints.net/prophecies/fatima.php


[8] Catechism of the Catholic Church. CC 2521
The Battle for Purity
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P8R.HTM

[9] Catechism of the Catholic Church. CC 2522
The Battle for Purity
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P8R.HTM

[10] Catechism of the Catholic Church. CC 2523
The Battle for Purity
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P8R.HTM

Resources www.vatican.va, vogue.com, catholic-saints.net,  dailymail.co.uk and returntoorder.org

A BLESSED EASTER TO ALL

A JOYFUL EASTER TO ALL WHO VISIT THIS CHAPEL.

MAY THE BLESSINGS OF THE RISEN CHRIST

BE YOURS NOW AND ALWAYS!

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH IS HOLDING GOOD FRIDAY NIGHT VIGIL - WHY NOT JOIN US IN PRAYER?

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH IS HOLDING GOOD FRIDAY NIGHT PRAYER VIGIL.

We pray for

• All persecuted Christians
• All affected by war
• All babies whose lives are threatened in the womb
• All aborted innocents
• For change of heart and conversion of abortionists from the industry
• For those affected by a past abortion
• For the reign of Christ to come within our world
• All families
• All youth
• All at work
• All unemployed
• For peace within our world
• For all those contemplating suicide, that Jesus may prove their comfort and that our loving prayer reach out to them to give them the courage to remain with us and live out their life span
• For all those who have died this day
• For all the dead of the past, the present: and for those who will need intercessory prayer in the future
• In thanksgiving that the Lord gave His Life to save us
• For your special intentions

Why not join us in prayer? If possible, attend or pray at any, or all, of the following

• Blessed Eucharist
• Prayer Service
• Holy Rosary
• Stations of the Cross
• Bible reading

Blessings on your Good Friday!

Holy Rosary

http://www.comepraytherosary.org/

 

Stations of the Cross

http://churchinterfaith.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/lent-stations-of-cross.html

 

Bible Reading

http://ebible.org/

 

Prayer Service

http://churchinterfaith.blogspot.co.za/2018/ 

 

With thanks to compepraytherosary.org, ebible.org

GOOD FRIDAY VIGIL SERVICE

GOOD FRIDAY VIGIL SERVICE

In this service we remember and honor the final hours of the Life of Jesus. Jesus is the Son of God, the Messiah Who left His Glory in heaven in order to break humanity's slavery to sin.

  He opened the way for us to once more enter loving relationship with the Father, and to gain eternal citizenship in heaven. 

  Let us pray during this Vigil in remembrance of the sufferings of Christ. Let us give Him our love and honor.

  The tradition of a loving worship service in remembrance of Christ's Passion and Death comes from a Christian worship tradition begun in the Middle Ages.

  In the reading of the Passion story, we participate symbolically in Christ's descent into death.

WELCOME

God prepared humanity for the coming of His Son. He told prophets of the coming, and foretold the events which occurred.
  The Son of God was destined to save all peoples from the degradation of sin. He would break the rule of satan, the fallen angel.

  The holy prophet Isaiah told us that God had revealed to him that a Child would be born to humanity: a Son would be given to us. The government of God would be upon His Shoulder: His would be the ruling authority of the universal empire. (Isaiah 9:6)

  In other words, God planned to send unto us His own Son, the Son Who had been with Him at the laying of the foundations of our world. (John 1:1-5) 

  This Son - Jesus Christ - would be Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

  The increase of His government will be eternal: it will be reign of peace and no bloodshed. This reign will be in His kingdom, heaven: where we go after our passing from this earth.

  

  Isaiah prophesied that God foretold His Son would have a rough time on earth. He would be misunderstood, vilified, and treated in ghastly manner.

  Jesus would take our pain, our suffering, upon Himself. He was to be led away to be killed, to be slaughtered like an innocent lamb with no defence. He would be put to death for the sins of the people. And through His Blood we would be saved. (Isaiah 53)

  Today we remember and honor our Lord, remembering His judgement, condemnation and death.

  We remember the tears of His Mother and the sorrow of His disciples during these sad events.

  We thank our Heavenly Father for sending us His Son to bridge the gulf between heaven and earth to open the way for us to eternal life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKL2lSLOwmQ 

GOOD FRIDAY READING

The reading of the Passion of Jesus Christ. During these readings we remember the events which took place in the last hours of Jesus' Life on earth. 

  Let us never forget the price Our Saviour paid for us: so deep is His Love.

READINGS:

THE LAST SUPPER

St Luke Chapter 22, verses 14 to 16

 ¹⁴ When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. ¹⁵ And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. ¹⁶ For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”

St Luke Chapter 22, verses 19 to 20

¹⁹ And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁰ In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

THE BETRAYAL

St John, Chapter 13, verses 21 to 30

²¹ After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”
²² His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. ²³ One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. ²⁴ Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”
²⁵ Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
²⁶ Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷ As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.
So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” ²⁸ But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. ²⁹ Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. ³⁰ As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.

THE DENIAL 

St Mark, Chapter 14, verses 27 to 31

 ²⁷ “You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written:

“‘I will strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered.’

²⁸ But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

²⁹ Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.”
³⁰ “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “today—yes, tonight—before the rooster crows twice you yourself will disown me three times.”
³¹ But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the others said the same.

THE AGONY
St Mark, Chapter 14, verses 32 to 46
 ³² They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” ³³ He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. ³⁴ “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.”
³⁵ Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him. ³⁶ “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
³⁷ Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour? ³⁸ Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
³⁹ Once more he went away and prayed the same thing. ⁴⁰ When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.
⁴¹ Returning the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. ⁴² Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!”

Jesus Arrested 

⁴³ Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders. 

⁴⁴ Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard.” ⁴⁵ Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Rabbi!” and kissed him. ⁴⁶ The men seized Jesus and arrested him.

THE TRIAL
St Luke, Chapter 22, verses 52 to 53 
⁵² Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? ⁵³ Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns.”

THE VERDICT
St Matthew, Chapter 27, verses 15 to 26
 ¹⁵ Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished. ¹⁶ And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. ¹⁷ Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” ¹⁸ For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy.
¹⁹ While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”
²⁰ But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. ²¹ The governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”
They said, “Barabbas!”
²² Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”
They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!”
²³ Then the governor said, “Why, what evil has He done?”
But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”
²⁴ When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it.”
²⁵ And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children.”
²⁶ Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

THE CROSS
St Mark, Chapter 15, verses 21 to 39
 ²¹ A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. ²² They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). ²³ Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.
²⁵ It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. ²⁶ The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews.
²⁷ They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. ^{[28]  29} Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, ³⁰ come down from the cross and save yourself!” ³¹ In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! ³² Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

The Death of Jesus

³³ At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. ³⁴ And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
³⁵ When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”
³⁶ Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.
³⁷ With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
³⁸ The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. ³⁹ And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”

THE TOMB 

St John, Chapter 19, verses 38 to 42

 ³⁸ Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. ³⁹ He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. ⁴⁰ Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. ⁴¹ At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. ⁴² Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

SILENCE
Spend some time in silence, meditating on the wonder of the love of Jesus for each one of us.

COMMUNION
Receive communion. If you cannot attend a service, receive Jesus in your heart. If this is your first time to know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you wish to receive Him as your personal Saviour, you can do so at the following link:
http://churchinterfaith.blogspot.co.za/2016/06/how-to-receive-jesus-christ-as-your.html 

FINAL WORD
We remember that the tragedy and sorrow of Good Friday is not the end. This sad day leads towards the glorious Easter Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Who triumphed over our real enemies - satan, illness, death and the long estrangement from our Father God. 
  Let us go forward in peace and silence to be the best people we can be in honor of Our Savior Who showed us the way - He did not kill, He did not take revenge, He did not slander, He did not hurt.
  He just LOVED. Let us do the same . . . 
Go in peace from this blessed service to love and serve the LORD. Spend as much time in prayer this sacred night as you wish. During this time let us pray for the conversions of those most in need of the mercy of Our Divine Lord.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPClih1HLPg

With thanks to youtube

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH IS HOLDING ALL DAY VIGIL - WHY NOT JOIN US IN PRAYER?

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH IS HOLDING ALL DAY GOOD FRIDAY PRAYER VIGIL.

We pray for

• All persecuted Christians
• All affected by war
• All babies whose lives are threatened in the womb
• All aborted innocents
• For change of heart and conversion of abortionists from the industry
• For those affected by a past abortion
• For the reign of Christ to come within our world
• All families
• All youth
• All at work
• All unemployed
• For peace within our world
• For all those contemplating suicide, that Jesus may prove their comfort and that our loving prayer reach out to them to give them the courage to remain with us and live out their life span
• For all those who have died this day
• For all the dead of the past, the present: and for those who will need intercessory prayer in the future
• In thanksgiving that the Lord gave His Life to save us
• For your special intentions

Why not join us in a day of prayer? If possible, attend or pray at any, or all, of the following

• Blessed Eucharist
• Prayer Service
• Holy Rosary
• Stations of the Cross
• Bible reading

Blessings on your Good Friday!

Holy Rosary

http://www.comepraytherosary.org/

Stations of the Cross

http://churchinterfaith.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/lent-stations-of-cross.html

Bible Reading

http://ebible.org/

With thanks to compepraytherosary.org, ebible.org