This liturgy is not technically part of the Triduum. The devotion of walking of the Stations of the Cross is an ancient practice, which Mount Olive has long made a part of our noon worship on this day. We walk with Jesus in this hour of his crucifixion and ponder the meaning of his Passion with short readings, the singing of the Trisagion, a musical meditation, silence, and the singing of hymns.

Meeting at noon, the time of day when Jesus was nailed to the cross, is also an ancient practice. This liturgy would be most meaningful if done at noon today, or in the hours after.

Soloists today: on the Pergolesi Stabat Mater: Tricia Van Ee and KrisAnne Weiss.

Attached is a pdf for worship in the home for this noon liturgy. The links comprise a complete recording of last year’s Way of the Cross liturgy, from start to finish. All the links to sound are embedded in the pdf, so all you need to do is open it up, and as you pray, go to each link as you are ready.

Good Friday Stations liturgy – 04-10-20

If you’d rather print these liturgy sheets and use the links in this post, here are the individual links to each part:

Opening Devotion
1. Jesus is condemned to death
2. Jesus takes up his Cross
3. Jesus meets his afflicted mother
4. The Cross is laid on Simon of Cyrene
5. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
6. Jesus is stripped of his garments
7. Jesus is nailed to the cross
8. Jesus dies on the Cross
9. Jesus is laid in the tomb
Concluding Prayers

Looking ahead, one more tonight: Later this afternoon, an email with the Good Friday liturgy of Adoration of the Cross, including the reading of the Passion according to St. John, will be sent for your evening worship.

Today the Triduum begins, the great Three Days of Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection. Each of these liturgies forms a a part of a whole liturgy, culminating at the Vigil of Easter.

We begin with Jesus in the Upper Room on Thursday evening, where he gives a new commandment to all of us, establishes a Meal that gives us life and forgiveness. The evening ends in a grove of olive trees on the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem, where he is arrested.

Readers today: David Engen, Assisting Minister; Katie Krueger McCuen, Louise Lystig Fritchie, Pr. Crippen (St. John’s Passion)

Attached is a pdf for worship in the home on this night. There are some materials you might want to prepare before you worship that will enhance tonight’s worship in the home. (A list was sent last Friday, and is also included in this pdf.) All the links to sound and video are embedded in the pdf, so all you need to do is open it up, and as you pray, go to each link as you are ready.

Maundy Thursday – 04-09-20

If you’d rather print these liturgy sheets and use the links in this post, here are the individual links to each part:

Le banquet céleste

Prayer of the Day, Readings, Maundy Thursday

“Awake,” sermon by Pr. Crippen

ELW 347, Go to Dark Gethsemane

ELW 358, Great God, Your Love Has Called Us

Psalm 22

Looking ahead, two tomorrow: Tomorrow two emails will be sent, for two different worship times. Before noon, an email with Mount Olive’s Stations of the Cross liturgy will be sent, to be prayed at noon or early afternoon. Later, an email with the Good Friday liturgy of Adoration of the Cross, including the reading of the Passion according to St. John, will be sent for your evening worship.

Attached is a pdf for prayer in the home on these three days of this most solemn and holy week. The link to the audio of the hymn is embedded in the pdf, so all you need to do is open the pdf, and as you pray, click the link as you are ready.

Monday-Wednesday of Holy Week – 04-06-20

Here is a link to the hymn used for all three days, if you’d rather print the worship pages and link to this posting:

On My Heart Imprint Your Image, ELW 811

Sunday of the Passion

Today, with the ancient Church, we remember Christ’s entry into Jerusalem to the cries and cheers of Hosanna! and the waving of branches. But the triumph of this day was hidden to all, only to be seen on Friday, and then Sunday. For the triumphant King will draw all creation into God’s heart when lifted up on the cross. So the ancient Church also read from a Passion account on this day.

Readers today: David Anderson, Assisting Minister; Chandler Molbert, Amy Thompson, Pr. Crippen (Matthew’s Passion)

Attached is a pdf for worship in the home on this day. There are some materials you might want to prepare before you worship that will enhance today’s worship in the home. (A list was sent Friday, and is also included in this pdf.) All the links to sound and video are now embedded in the pdf, so all you need to do is open it up, and as you pray, go to each link as you are ready.

Link to liturgy pages pdf: Passion Sunday A – 04-05-20

If you’d rather print these sheets and use the links in the email as in the past two Sundays, here are the individual links to each part:

Processional Gospel
“Ride On, Ride On in Majesty”
Prayer of the Day and Readings
Gospel Acclamation
The Passion according to St. Matthew
“My Song Is Love Unknown”
“Mundane and Mysterious,” Vicar Bristol Reading
“There in God’s Garden”

Grace and peace, beloved in Christ!

For our Lenten midweek worship we normally celebrate Eucharist at noon and Vespers in the evening. I encourage you to find whatever way of praying works for you, together or alone. Here’s a page with a possible Prayer for the Day, plus the readings and psalm we chose for this Wednesday in Lent. https://files.constantcontact.com/75414de0501/4fb8e143-b8a2-427b-bb5a-8cce1137e7bb.pdf

Here is a link to my reflections on these texts: https://youtu.be/66t6I_2g8JY

On July 9, 2017, the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, lectionary 14 A, Mount Olive sang, with Cantor Cherwien at the organ: All My Hope on God Is Founded, ELW 757: https://soundcloud.com/user-214043717/elw-757-all-my-hope-on-god-is-founded-9-july-2017-pentecost-5a

Grace and peace be with you all in this journey, and may the witness of Mary help us find our home in Christ.