Lenten Midweek 5 3/20/24

 

“It is finished.”

(John 19:30)

 

LENTEN MIDWEEK SERVICE

MARCH 20, 2024

 

IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WELCOME TO ST. PAUL’S!

 

VESPERS

 

7:00 p.m.

 

✠ ✠ ✠

 

PRELUDE                                                                                            

 

ENTRANCE VERSE    (Stand)                                                   LSB 229

 

O Lord, open my lips,

   and my mouth will declare Your praise.

 

Make haste, O God, to deliver me;

   make haste to help me, O Lord.

 

   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.

   Praise to You, O Christ, Lamb of our salvation.

 

LENTEN HYMN         Come, to Calvary’s Holy Mountain        LSB 435

 

1      Come to Calv’ry’s holy mountain,
Sinners, ruined by the fall;
Here a pure and healing fountain
Flows for you, for me, for all,
In a full, perpetual tide,
Opened when our Savior died.

 

2      Come in poverty and meanness,
Come defiled, without, within;
From infection and uncleanness,
From the leprosy of sin,
Wash your robes and make them white;
Ye shall walk with God in light.

 

3      Come in sorrow and contrition,
Wounded, impotent, and blind;
Here the guilty, free remission,
Here the troubled, peace may find.
Health this fountain will restore;
They that drink shall thirst no more.

 

4      They that drink shall live forever;
’Tis a soul-renewing flood.
God is faithful; God will never
Break His covenant of blood,
Signed when our Redeemer died,
Sealed when He was glorified.

 

FIRST READING    (Be seated)                                  Hebrews 9:26-28

 

For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

 

This is the Word of the Lord.

         Thanks be to God.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSALM 22 (selected verses)

 

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?

 

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads.

 

I am poured out like water, and all of my bones are out of joint.

My heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast.

 

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws;

You lay me in the dust of death.

 

For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me.

They have pierced my hands and feet—

 

I can count all my bones—they stare and gloat over me.

They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

 

But you, O LORD, be not far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog!

 

For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;

And he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.

 

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.

 

RESPONSORY   (Stand)                                                                                          LSB 231

 

 

GOSPEL READING                                                       John 19:28-29

 

After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.” And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

 

This is the Word of the Lord.

         Thanks be to God.

SERMON    (Be seated)

 

HYMN      (Stand)    Jesus, In Your Dying Woes  Sts. 16-18    LSB 447

 

16    Sixth Word: John 19:30
Jesus, all our ransom paid,
All Your Father’s will obeyed;
By Your suff’rings perfect made:
Hear us, holy Jesus.

 

17    Save us in our soul’s distress;
Be our help to cheer and bless
While we grow in holiness:
Hear us, holy Jesus.

 

18    Brighten all our heav’nward way
With an ever holier ray
Till we pass to perfect day:
Hear us, holy Jesus.

 

OFFERING    (Be seated)  

 

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VESPER PRAYERS  (Kneel)                                                                              LSB 233-234

 

KYRIE                                                                                                                     LSB 233

Lord, have mercy;

Christ, have mercy;

Lord, have mercy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LORD’S PRAYER

 

Our Father who art in heaven,

     hallowed be Thy name,

     Thy kingdom come,

     Thy will be done on earth

          as it is in heaven;

     give us this day our daily bread;

     and forgive us our trespasses

          as we forgive those

          who trespass against us;

     and lead us not into temptation,

     but deliver us from evil.

For Thine is the kingdom

     and the power and the glory

     forever and ever. Amen.

 

COLLECT

 

O Lord, hear my prayer.

    And let my cry come to You.

 

O Lord God, You led Your ancient people through the wilderness and brought them to the promised land. Guide the people of Your Church that following our Savior we may walk through the wilderness of this world toward the glory of the world to come; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

COLLECT FOR PEACE

 

O God, from whom come all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works, give to us, Your servants, that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey Your commandments and also that we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may live in peace and quietness; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen.

BENEDICAMUS                                                                                                      LSB 234

 

Let us bless the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

 

BENEDICTION                                                                                                        LSB 234

 

The grace of our Lord ✠ Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Amen.

 

SENDING HYMN    All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night     LSB 883

 

1      All praise to Thee, my God, this night
For all the blessings of the light.
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Beneath Thine own almighty wings.

 

2      Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son,
The ill that I this day have done,
That with the world, myself, and Thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.

 

3      Teach me to live that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed.
Teach me to die that so I may
Rise glorious at the awe-full day.

 

4      Oh, may my soul in Thee repose,
And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close,
Sleep that shall me more vig’rous make
To serve my God when I awake!

 

5      When in the night I sleepless lie,
My soul with heav’nly thoughts supply;
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,
No pow’rs of darkness me molest.

 

    6      Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

POSTLUDE                                                                                          

 

 

 

 

 

 

THOSE SERVING:

Greeter: Jim Easterly

Reader: Janice Sebring

 

 

 

 

Acknowledgments

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV^® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version^®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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435 Come to Calvary’s Holy Mountain Text: James Montgomery, 1771–1854, alt. Tune: Ludvig M. Lindeman, 1812–87 Text and tune: Public domain

447 Jesus, in Your Dying Woes Text: Thomas B. Pollock, 1836–96, alt.
Tune: Bernhard Schumacher, 1886–1978 Text: Public domain Tune: © 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110005326

883 All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night Text: Thomas Ken, 1637–1711, alt. Tune: Thomas Tallis, c. 1505–1585 Text and tune: Public domain