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WAY OF THE CROSS

DEE WHY CHRISTIANS UNITING IN AN ACT OF DEVOTION ON

GOOD FRIDAY 2014

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We come together to celebrate our Lord's Passion. As we walk the way of the cross let us pray that all people may be reconciled, healed and forgiven.

Let us walk with Christ together as one.

(Members of the Roman Catholic Church carry the cross to the First Station)

THE FIRST STATION

The Leader announces the station

"JESUS HAS HIS LAST SUPPER WITH HIS FRIENDS"

(Reader from the Catholic Church) A man came among us. He was gentle. He encouraged us and gave us hope. He did not condemn but reached out to the outcast. He brought peace where there had been strife and fear. He healed our bodies and souls. He taught us to care for each other. He called us friends and showed us all that we were all brothers and sisters of a loving Father. He invited us to walk with him. Jesus was with us for such a short while. When the time was drawing near for him to leave us he gave us a great gift. He taught us how to be aware of His presence and to realise for all time the hope, peace and freedom we had experienced when he walked together with us. For this great gift we have given thanks through the ages. Whenever we share in the communion of his body and blood we proclaim his death until he comes again.

— A Quiet Moment —

Leader: Lord, by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Response: We adore you, Christ, and we bless you. Leader: Lord, for the times we have not recognised you as a guest at our

table. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, for the times we have not honoured your covenant. Response: Christ, have mercy.

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Leader: Lord, for the times we have betrayed you. Response: Lord, have mercy. "WERE YOU THERE?"

Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

THE SECOND STATION


"JESUS PRAYS IN THE GARDEN"

(Reader from the Catholic Church) Then Jesus came with them to a small estate called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, "Stay here while I go over there to pray." He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. And sadness came over him, and great distress. Then he said to them, "My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here and keep awake with me." And going a little further he fell on his face and prayed. "My Father", he said, "If it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Nevertheless, let it be as you, not I, would have it."

— A Quiet Moment — Leader: Lord, by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Response: We adore you, Christ, and we bless you. Leader: Lord, help us always to focus on your will for us. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, help us when we are weighed down with sorrow. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, help us in the silence when we are afraid. Response: Lord, have mercy.

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“THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD” The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want. He makes me down to lie in pastures green, he leadeth me the quiet waters by. My soul he doth restore again; and me to walk doth make within the paths of righteousness, e'en for his own name's sake. Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, yet will I fear none ill; for thou art with me; and my rod and staff me comfort still.

(Members of St David’s Uniting Church carry the cross to the Third Station)

THE THIRD STATION


"JESUS IS BETRAYED AND ARRESTED"

(Reader from St David’s Uniting Church)

He was still speaking when Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared, and with him a large number of men armed with swords, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people. Now the traitor had arranged a sign with them. "The one I kiss", he said, "he is the man. Take him in charge." So he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Greetings Rabbi" and kissed him. Jesus said to him, "My friend, do what you are here for." Then they came forward, seized Jesus and took him in charge. Then all the disciples deserted him and ran away.

— A Quiet Moment — Leader: Lord, by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Response: We adore you, Christ, and we bless you.

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Leader: Lord, enable us to be honest in our relationships with others. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, enable us to be true friends to others. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, enable us to stand firm when we feel like running away. Response: Lord, have mercy.

"WERE YOU THERE?" cont.

Were you there when they arrested him at night? Were you there when they arrested him at night? O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they arrested him at night?

THE FOURTH STATION


"JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH"

(Reader from St David’s Uniting Church) In the morning the chief priests and the whole council, binding Jesus, led him away and delivered him to Pilate. And they all condemned him and said: "He is guilty unto death". And Pilate sat in the place of judgment and delivered him to them to be crucified.

— A Quiet Moment — Leader: Lord, by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Response: We adore you, Christ, and we bless you. Leader: Lord, for the times we have washed our hands of our responsibilities. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, for the times we fail to do what is right. Response: Christ, have mercy.

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Leader: Lord, for the times we blame others for our actions. Response: Lord, have mercy. “THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD” cont. My table thou hast furnished in presence of my foes; my head thou dost with oil anoint, and my cup overflows. Goodness and mercy all my life, shall surely follow me; and in God's house for evermore my dwelling place shall be.

(Members of St John’s Anglican Church carry the cross to the Fifth Station)

THE FIFTH STATION


"JESUS IS TORTURED”

(Reader from the Anglican Church)

Pilate released Barabbas for the people. He ordered Jesus to be first scourged, and then handed over to be crucified. The governor's soldiers took Jesus with them into the praetorium and collected the whole cohort around him. Then they stripped him and made him wear a scarlet cloak, and having twisted some thorns into a crown they put this on his head and placed a reed in his right hand. To make fun of him they knelt to him saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head with it. And when they had finished making fun of him, they took off the cloak and dressed him in his own clothes and led him away to crucify him.


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Leader: Lord, help us not to condemn others because we fear they are

greater. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, help us always to fight against injustice. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, help us to heal the wounds of others. Response: Lord, have mercy. "WERE YOU THERE?" cont. Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Were you there when they pierced him in the side? O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble; Were you there when they pierced him in the side?

THE SIXTH STATION


"JESUS RECEIVES THE CROSS"

(Reader from the Anglican Church) They took charge of Jesus, and carrying his own cross he went out of the city to the place of the skull or, as it was called in Hebrew, Golgotha. There is no way we can enter the mind of Christ at this point of his agony. We do know that he had once said "Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple." He now receives the cross, out of love for his Father, and the world. Through the cross he draws all people to himself.


Leader: Lord, by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Response: We adore you, Christ, and we bless you.

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Leader: Lord, enable us to take up our cross and follow you. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, enable us to relieve the suffering of others. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, enable us to hear your call. Response: Lord, have mercy. “AMAZING CRACE” Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see. ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed.

(Members of the Baptist Church carry the cross to the Seventh Station)

THE SEVENTH STATION


"JESUS CARRIES HIS CROSS"

(Reader from the Baptist Church)

Without beauty, without majesty (we saw him), no looks to attract our eyes; a thing despised and rejected by people, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering, a man to make people screen their faces; he was despised and we took no account of him. And yet ours were the sufferings he bore, ours the sorrows he carried. He was pierced through for our faults, crushed for our sins. On him lies a punishment that brings peace, and through his wounds we are healed.

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Leader: Lord, by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Response: We adore you, Christ, and we bless you. Leader: Lord, you alone carried the weight of our sins. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, you alone did not turn away. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, you alone set us free. Response: Lord, have mercy. "WERE YOU THERE?" cont.

Were you there when the sun refused to shine? Were you there when the sun refused to shine? O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble: Were you there when the sun refused to shine?

THE EIGHTH STATION


"JESUS IS HELPED BY SIMON"

(Reader from the Baptist Church)

They led him out to crucify him. They enlisted a passer-‐by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross. They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull.



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Leader: Lord, for the times we fail to carry other people’s burdens. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, for the times we fail to share—even what you have given us. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, for the times we have not welcomed strangers. Response: Lord, have mercy. “AMAZING GRACE” cont. Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come; ‘Tis grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me, His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures.

(Members of the Salvation Army carry the cross to the Ninth Station)

THE NINTH STATION


"JESUS MEETS THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM"

(Reader from the Salvation Army)

Large numbers of people followed him, and of women who mourned and lamented for him. But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep rather for yourselves and for your children."


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Leader: Lord, comfort those who mourn. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, inspire justice and equity in our world. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, be with all children in need. Response: Lord, have mercy. "WERE YOU THERE?" cont.

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble: Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

THE TENTH STATION


"JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS"

(Reader from the Salvation Army)

When they had reached the place called Golgotha, that is, the place of the skull, they gave him wine to drink mixed with gall, which he tasted but refused to drink. When they had finished crucifying him they shared out his clothing by casting lots, and then sat down and stayed there keeping guard over him. Above his head was placed the charge against him; it read: "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews."

— A Quiet Moment — Leader: Lord, by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Response: We adore you, Christ, and we bless you. Leader: Lord, you were lifted up on the cross to save us. Response: Lord, have mercy.

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Leader: Lord, your body was broken that we may be whole. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, you are our one true King. Response: Lord, have mercy. “THERE IS A GREEN HILL” There is a green hill far away, outside a city wall, where the dear Lord was crucified, who died to save us all. We may not know, we cannot tell, What pains he had to bear, but we believe it was for us he hung and suffered there.

(Members of the Catholic Church carry the cross to the Eleventh Station)

THE ELEVENTH STATION


"JESUS FORGIVES THE REPENTANT THIEF"

(Reader from the Catholic Church)

One of the two criminals who were hanging on either side of Jesus abused him saying, "Are you the Christ? Save yourself and us as well." But the other spoke and rebuked him. "Have you no fear of God at all? You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He replied, "Indeed, I promise you, today you will be with me in paradise."


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Leader: Lord, help us to forgive others. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, remember us when you come into your Kingdom. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, may we live with you in paradise. Response: Lord, have mercy. "WERE YOU THERE?" cont. Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble: Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?

THE TWELFTH STATION


"JESUS SPEAKS TO HIS MOTHER"

(Reader from the Uniting Church)

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary, the wife of Cleopas and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" Then he said to his disciple, "behold your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

— A Quiet Moment — Leader: Lord, by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Response: We adore you, Christ, and we bless you. Leader: Lord, help us to show hospitality to the homeless. Response: Lord, have mercy.

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Leader: Lord, help us to care for the aged. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, help us to realise we are your beloved. Response: Lord, have mercy. “THERE IS A GREEN HILL” cont. He died that we might be forgiven, he died to make us good, that we might go at last to heaven, saved by his precious blood. There was no other good enough to pay the price of sin, he only could unlock the gate of heaven, and let us in. O dearly, dearly has he loved, and we must love him too, and trust in his redeeming blood, and try his works to do.

(Clergy from local churches carry the cross to the Thirteenth Station)

THE THIRTEENTH STATION


"JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS"

(Reader from the Anglican Church)

It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun's light failed: and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last. (pause) Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, and said, "Certainly this man was innocent!"

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Leader: Lord, by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Response: We adore you, Christ, and we bless you. Leader: Lord, comfort the dying. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, be with us in the darkness of death. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, into your hands we commit our spirits. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Saviour of the world, you have redeemed us by your passion and

cross Response: Save us and help us, we humbly pray. “WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS” When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. Forbid it Lord, that I should boast save in the death of Christ my God; all the vain things that charm me most; I sacrifice them to his blood. See from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down; did e’er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown? Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were a present far too small, love so amazing, so divine demands my soul, my life, my all.

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THE FOURTEENTH STATION


"THE BODY OF JESUS IS BURIED"

(Reader from the Catholic Church)

They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with spices in linen cloths, following the Jewish burial custom. At the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in this garden a new tomb in which nobody had yet been buried. Since it was the Jewish Day of Preparation and the tomb was near at hand, they laid Jesus there.

— A Quiet Moment — Leader: Lord, when our journey in this life is over. Response: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Lord, when we behold you face to face. Response: Christ, have mercy. Leader: Lord, when we adore you and bless you. Response: Lord, have mercy. There was a garden where Jesus agonised in prayer as he contemplated his death. Now his mortal remains are laid to rest in another garden, where not all that many hours later he will call "Mary", to the bewildered disciple from Magdala.

"WERE YOU THERE?" cont.

Were you there when he rose from out the tomb? Were you there when he rose from out the tomb? O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble: Were you there when he rose from out the tomb?


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Leader: God our Father, we pray for each of us here; that we may be lifted from anxieties, guilt, bewilderment, pain, or fear, and by the mercy of Jesus who bore our sorrows and carried our shame, find peace at the foot of the holy cross.

Response: May we who have walked with him in his hour of sorrow, be united

with him in his victory and in his glory, now and forever. Amen.

A brief message is delivered by one of the clergy of the local churches. (This year it Greg Stigter from New Life Baptist Church in Dee Why) Followed by a short medley by the Mt Druitt Indigenous Children’s Choir. A word of thanks is said, and the people are then sent off with these words: Leader: Let us proclaim the Good News throughout the land. V. The Spirit of God calls us to bring good news to the poor, to forgive each other’s

debts, to heal the broken and announce freedom to all who are sick or suffering. R. The Spirit is with us, empowering us to go into the world and celebrate the

Good News, In the name of Christ. Amen

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The Dee Why Combined Churches wish to thank the Dee Why Police for their assistance. Thanks also to singers from St John’s Anglican Church and others for leading our music, and to St Kevin’s Roman Catholic Church for providing the public address facilities.

LOCAL EASTER SERVICES

ST JOHN'S ANGLICAN CHURCH (Cnr Avon Rd & Oaks Ave, Dee Why) 9971 8694 Good Friday 3.00 pm Liturgy of the Passion Holy Saturday 7.30 pm Solemn Mass of the Easter Vigil Easter Sunday Masses at 8.00 am and 10.00 am; 6.00 pm Evening Prayer (Vespers)

NEW LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH (Fisher Rd, Dee Why) 9971 5209 Good Friday 9.00 am Easter Sunday 9.00 am and 5.30 pm

KOREAN BAPTIST CHURCH (at New Life Baptist) Easter Sunday 7.00 am and 12.00 noon

NEW LIFE CHINESE CHURCH (at New Life Baptist) Easter Sunday 9.30 am

ST KEVIN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (Oaks Ave, Dee Why) 9982 6536 Good Friday 3.00 pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion 7.00 pm Stations of the Cross (in Italian) Holy Saturday 7.30 pm Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses at 8.00 am, 9.15 am 10.30 am (Italian), 6.00 pm

ST JOHN’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, NARRAWEENA (Waratah Pde, Narraweena) Good Friday 3.00 pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion Holy Saturday 7.30 pm Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses at 8.00 am, 10.00 am, 6.00 pm

SALVATION ARMY (Fisher Rd, Dee Why) 9971 8378 Good Friday 9.00 am Easter Sunday 9.30 am and 5.00 pm

ST DAVID’S UNITING CHURCH (St David Ave, Dee Why) 9982 4751 Good Friday 9.00 am Easter Sunday 9.30 am

CROMER UNITING CHURCH (Carrington Ave, Cromer) 9971 8168 Good Friday 9.00 am Easter Sunday 9.00 am

CECIL GRIBBLE TONGAN UNITING CHURCH (Cnr Howard Ave & Avon Rd, Dee Why) Good Friday 10.00 am

Easter Sunday 10.00 am

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