03 March 2010

Once again we gathered

for Passion Vespers. Such a beautiful and comforting service in hymns, psalm, canticle and prayer. Tonight was the Gethsemane reading, and Malchus preached the homily. We wrapped up with Responsive Prayer I:

Holy God,
holy and most gracious Father:

have mercy and hear us...
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:21 AM

    Call me silly...but what is Passion Vespers? We are not in Passiontide yet so I am having trouble figuring out what is "Passion" about Vespers in the week of Lent 2.

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  2. William Weedon7:02 AM

    Called Passion Vespers because the reading at these Vespers comes from the conflated Passion - divided into five portions, so it's rather long. The Passion reading is the longest and chief portion of the service.

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