Here’s
a prayer of supplication for Good Friday from William Barclay.
Prayer of Supplication for Good Friday
God
of love, we remember today all that our blessed Lord endured for us.
Let
us remember how Jesus was betrayed,
and
given up into the hands of wicked men …
Lord
Jesus, we remember today that it was one of
Your
own familiar friends who betrayed You,
and
we know that there is nothing that so breaks the heart
as
the disloyalty of one whom we call friend.
Grant
that we may not betray You.
Save
us:
From
the cowardice that would disown You when it is hard to be true to You;
From
the disloyalty that betrays You in the hour
when
You need some one to stand by You;
From
the fickleness that blows hot and cold in its devotion;
From
the fair-weather friendship that,
when
things are difficult or dangerous,
makes
us ashamed to show whose we are and whom we serve.
Let
us remember how Jesus suffered death upon the Cross …
Lord
Jesus, help us to remember the lengths
to
which Your love was ready to go;
That
having loved Your own You loved them to the very end;
The
love than which none can be greater,
The
love that lays down its life for its friends;
That
it was while people were yet enemies that You died for them.
Let
us remember how Jesus now lives and reigns …
Help
us to remember,
That
the crucified Lord is the Risen Lord;
That
the cross has become the Crown.
So
grant unto us,
to
trust in His love and to live in His presence;
that
we may share in His glory.
This
we ask for Your love’s sake. Amen.
~
written by William Barclay, and posted on Will Humes’ WJH website. http://willhumes.net/category/liturgy/
