The Lenten arcana of the Hermit (9) and the Holy Week arcana of the Hanged Man (12) are removed and replaced by the Good Friday arcana of Death (13).
Crux Fidelis
Oh faithful rosy cross, noblest of trees,
No forest knows such flowers or seeds or leaves,
How sweet the wood, how dear the nails that tear
The flesh of our Beloved hanging there.
Bend with the sacred weight O blessed tree
Of thy dying Lord who created thee.
Upon thy boughs Life suffers Death’s disdain
And dying once forever lives again.
Old Testament Reading
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Psalm 22: 18-20
New Testament Reading
Ecce homo.
John 19: 5
The Collects
Almighty God, we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross, who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church, that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may truly and godly serve thee; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
O merciful God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live: Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word; and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer
Liturgical Affirmation
Deus meus, Deus meus, ut quid dereliquitur me?
My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?