March 29, 2024 - Good Friday Tenebrae Sermon

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Old Testament: Isaiah 52:13—53:12
Psalm: Psalm 22; antiphon: v. 1
Psalm: Psalm 31; antiphon: v. 1
Epistle: 2 Corinthians 5:14–21
Gospel: John 18:1—19:42
Introit: Psalm 102:1–2, 12; antiphon: Isaiah 53:4a, 5a, 6a, c
Gradual: Isaiah 53:1, 11b
Tract: Psalm 140:1–7, 12–13

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).

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