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April 3, 2026
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One-Year Lectionary
- First Reading
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Isaiah 52:13–53:12 (read in NKJV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
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- Psalm
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Psalm 22 or Psalm 31 (read in NKJV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
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- Epistle
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2 Cor. 5:14–21 (read in NKJV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
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- Gospel
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John 18:1–19:42 (read in NKJV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
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Good Friday
One-Year Lectionary
About this service
Behold the Lamb of God, Who Takes Away the Sin of the World
Jesus, the Lamb of God, is led to the slaughter of His cross as the sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the world. “Despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief” (Is. 53:3), He is the righteous Servant who justifies many by His innocent suffering and death. He bears our griefs and carries our sorrows; He is wounded for our transgressions; He is crushed for our iniquities; He suffers our chastisement, so that “with His stripes we are healed” (Is. 53:4–5). As the Son of God, He fulfills the Law for us in human flesh, and so fulfills the Scriptures (John 19:7, 24). For in Christ, “God was reconciling the whole world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them” (2 Cor. 5:19).
Source: LCMS Worship, Lectionary Summaries — One-Year Lectionary (opens in a new tab). Used by permission. These pages may be reproduced for congregational use only. Commercial reproduction, or reproduction for sale of this work or any portion of this work, without the written permission of the copyright holder, is prohibited. © The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Scripture quoted in the summary is from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Introit, Gradual and Verse
Source: LCMS One-Year Series Propers Chart (opens in a new tab). Citations only; no liturgical or Scripture text is reproduced.
Collect
Historical Collect — Good Friday
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.
Source: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (Baltimore, 1893), Introits and Collects for the Church Year (opens in a new tab). Public-domain text (published 1893), transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of the Princeton Theological Seminary Library copy.
Prayers of the Church
Prayers of the Church for March 25, 2016
Use the Bidding Prayer (Pages 514–517) in the LSB Altar Book.
Source: LCMS Worship, Prayers of the Church — One-Year 2015–2016 (opens in a new tab). Prepared by LCMS Worship for congregational use. Used by permission. © The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
Hymn of the Day
LSB 454 Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle
The LCMS Hymn of the Day list appoints this hymn as the Hymn of the Day for Good Friday (One-Year and Series A, B and C) and Holy Cross Day (Series C).
Source: LCMS Worship, Hymn of the Day — Arranged by Church Year, pp. 168, 170 (opens in a new tab). Appointment identity only. Lutheran Service Book text and LCMS study content are not reproduced.
Suggested hymns
- Distribution LSB 440 Jesus, I Will Ponder Now
- Distribution LSB 450 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
- Distribution LSB 448 O Darkest Woe
- Closing LSB 454 Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle
Source: LCMS Worship, Hymn Suggestions — One-Year Lectionary Series 2025–26 (opens in a new tab). Hymn numbers and titles only; hymn texts are not reproduced. Reproduction for individual, church or school use does not require permission. © The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.