Divine Service Good Friday, April 15, 2022

Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship Hymn “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” LW 113, TLH 172 Bidding Prayer, p.276 Readings:  Hosea 6:1-16, 2 Corinthians 5:14-21, St. John 18:1-19:42 Hymn “A Lamb Alone Bears Willingly” LW 111, TLH 142 Reproaches Hymn “Lamb of God, Pure and Sinless”  Stanza 1 & 2 of LW 208, TLH 146 Hymn “Sing, My Tongue” LW 117 Sermon Communion Hymns Hymn “O Dearest Jesus, What Law Have You Broken”  LW 119, TLH 143 Hymn “Go to Dark Gethsemane” LW #110, TLH 159 --Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). Service Bulletin:  Good-Friday-Divine-Service-for-Online-4-15-2022.pdf https://vimeo.com/699887065 Picture:  The initial Letter “U” of The Fourth Book of Moses by Martin Luther for Das Alte Testament Deutsch, M. Luther, Wittemberg, 1523.  Jesus between 2 cherubs appearing to Moses with a bird….  “And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai…”  “Und der HERR Redet mit Mose ynn der zvusten Sinai…”  From page CI = 101. “Luther struggled with Leviticus, which he regarded as tiresome and having little spiritual perspective.  Luther: ‘I have made a great effort to make Moses so German that no one would guess that he was a Jew’" (https://gruber.lstc.edu/luthers_bible/1523_1533.php).