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GOOD FRIDAY

be anything left, you shall burn it with fire. And thus you shall eat it : You shall gird your
reins, and you shall have shoes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall eat in
haste; for it is the Phase (that is, the Passage) of the Lord.

Response. Psalm 139, 2-10 and 14. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man : rescue me from the
unjust man. V. Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed
battles. V. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent : the venom of asps is under their
lips. V. Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. V. Who
have proposed to supplant my steps. The proud have hidden a net for me. V. And they have
stretched out cords for a snare for my feet : they have laid for me a stumbling-block by the
wayside. V. I said to the Lord, Thou art my God. Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication. V. O
Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation : overshadow my head in the day of battle. V. Give
me not up from my desire to the wicked : they have plotted against me. Do not Thou forsake
me, lest
 at any time they should triumph. V. The head of them compassing me about : the labor of their
lips shall overwhelm them. V. But the just shall give glory to Thy Name : and the upright shall
dwell with Thy countenance.

THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
(John 18, 1-40; 19, 1-42.)

THE APPREHENSION OF JESUS.

AT THAT TIME, Jesus went forth with His disciples over the brook Cedron, where there was
a garden, into which He entered with His disciples. And Judas also, who betrayed Him, knew the
place: because