Good Friday

Celebration of Our Lord's Passion.

Overview

Communion Service, with #Adoration of the Holy Cross.

Roles

• Master of Ceremonies, [[Humeral Veil Bearer]]
• Candle bearer 1
• Candle bearer 2
• Acolyte 1
• Acolyte 2
• Book Bearer

If fewer servers are available, the roles of the two Acolytes and the Book Bearer can all be done by one Server.

Preparation

• Crossing Altar: bare, no cloths, candles, or crucifix.
• [[Lectern]] removed.
• Credence Table:
  • Altar cloth, folded so as to be easy to spread.
  • Three Corporals in a red Burse.
  • Water cruet (no wine).
  • One Purificator for the Ciboria.
  • Two Purificators for the crucifix.
  • Bracket for Veneration Crucifix (under).
  • [[Hockey Puck Mic]], turned on but muted. Plug it in to charge during morning rehearsal.
• Tabernacle empty, no veil, lamps extinguished and down.
• Niche leading to Rosary Altar:
  • Two standard Processional Candles in space where they are stowed during Roman Rite Solemn Mass. Use unbleached candles.
  • Taper.
• Altar of repose (Rosary Altar):
  • All decorations removed.
  • Altar cloth removed.
  • Corporal spread in front of Tabernacle.
  • Tabernacle key in Tabernacle.
  • Humeral Veil draped over altar rail.
  • Sanctuary lamp (red sconce) lit.
• Sacristy:
  • Wooden Processional Candles (the ones from the Baptistery), with unbleached candles. Lighter nearby.
  • Veneration Crucifix veiled and pinned, so as to be easy to remove.

Order of Liturgy

Entrance

All Servers except Candle bearers start in Choir Stalls#Low.

• Candle bearers, empty-handed, clap the Crotalus and precede the Ministers through the Lourde's Door and proceed directly to the foot of the Sanctuary.
• Form up at the foot of the Sanctuary: Candle bearer 1, Priest, Deacon, Candle bearer 2.
• The Ministers prostrate, and the Servers and people kneel while they do so.
• The Ministers and Servers stand, Profound Bow, and enter the Sanctuary.

Opening Prayers

Book Bearer attends with Missal immediately for the whole opening sequence.

Readings, Gradual, Tract, Gospel, Homily

As usual for Roman Rite Solemn Mass, except:

• There is no Gospel Procession, using neither Processional Candles nor incense.
• During the Tract, the MC places the [[Hockey Puck Mic]] on the Altar, unmutes it, and returns to his Choir Stall.
• All kneel at the appropriate time during the Gospel.
• When the Gospel is finished, an the MC mutes the [[Hockey Puck Mic]] and returns it to the Credence Table.

Solemn Intercessions

• Book Bearer holds the Missal for the Solemn Intercessions, which the Priest reads at his seat, and another friar reads from the Gospel side lectern.
• All Servers, except the Book Bearer, kneel/stand at Let us kneel/Let us stand. Book Bearer steps back at these times to allow the Priest and Deacon to kneel, then steps forward again when they stand.

Adoration of the Holy Cross

Immediately following the #Solemn Intercessions:

• Candle bearers:
  • Take off shoes, leaving them in the Choir Stalls.
  • Go to the Sacristy with Ministers by way of the Passageway, making a Profound Bow along the way.
  • Light and carry the Processional Candles.
• All other Servers:
  • Remain in Choir Stalls#Low and remove shoes. Leave shoes in Choir Stalls.

Procession

Candle bearers flank Veneration Crucifix, carried by a friar, with Processional Candles.

• Order:
  • Cantors.
  • Candle bearer 1, Processional Crucifix, Candle bearer 2.
  • Attending friar.
• Route: Three stops. At each, Behold the wood of the cross / Come let us adore him.
  1. Process from Lourde's Door to foot of the Friars' Chapel.
  2. Process to the middle of the Sanctuary, centered between the Choir Stalls on the black strip of flooring near the West edge of the Choir Stalls.
  3. Process into the Presbytery and stop just after the top step, on the floor of the Presbytery.
• At each stop, the Candle bearers:
  • Leave room on either side of the Veneration Crucifix for the attending friar to partially unveil it.
  • Turn inward and face the Veneration Crucifix.
• Priest stands on the steps of the Presbytery holding the Veneration Crucifix. Candle bearers flank him, turned inward, with Processional Candles, where they stand for the duration of the #Friars' Veneration.

Friars' Veneration

Friars venerate the Veneration Crucifix sequentially, making three Genuflection#Solemn Genuflection along the way. All Servers other than Candle bearers standby, seated in the Choir Stalls.

• First friar starts in Sanctuary close to the people, and performs a Genuflection#Solemn Genuflection on the first square, facing the Veneration Crucifix.
• First friar moves to middle of Sanctuary, second friar fills in his place. All friars time their genuflection and movement together.
• First friar to the Veneration Crucifix, second friar fills in first friar's place, third friar fills in second friar's place. All three make Genuflection#Solemn Genuflection together, the first kissing the Veneration Crucifix.
• First friar turns outward and files back to the Choir Stalls, fourth friar moves in, and so on.

Peoples' Veneration

Begins after the last friar has venerated the Veneration Crucifix.

• Acolytes 1 and 2 take up Purificators.
• Acolytes, Book Bearer, and MC go to foot of the Sanctuary, preceding the Veneration Crucifix. Line up in pairs, Acolytes first.
• Candle bearers flank Veneration Crucifix with Processional Candles as Priest processes with it, down to the foot of the Sanctuary.
• Candle bearers place the Processional Candles to either side of the Veneration Crucifix, on the Sanctuary step the crucifix is resting on. Leave plenty of space for a person to stand on either side.
• All Servers venerate in pairs, demonstrating to the people how to do it. Acolytes stand on either side of the Veneration Crucifix when done, and wipe for all the people.
• Other Servers direct traffic:
  • For the North line: Rosary Altar pews go first, then North section of main pews. Chairs file through the pews.
  • For the South line: Side-facing pews go first, followed by Friars' Chapel pews, followed by the South section of main pews. Those in the section of pews near the confessionals file through the main aisle pews.
  • Station one server for North side, one for South side, one for front of main aisle, and one for back of main aisle.
• When veneration is almost complete, MC retrieves the bracket and sets it on the center tile in front of the Crossing Altar.
• When finished, the Priest places the Veneration Crucifix in it, and the Candle bearers set the Processional Candles on either side of it.
• All return to Choir Stalls#Low and don shoes.

Communion

Transition seamlessly into Communion - there will be no action from the Celebrant or change in music.

• Candle bearers and [[Humeral Veil Bearer]]:
  • Light the Processional Candles, getting fire from the red sconce at the Rosary Altar, Genuflecting when approaching to get fire.
  • Take up Processional Candles and line up on triangle tiles (as at the Gospel for Roman Rite Solemn Mass).
  • When the Deacon is ready, Candle bearers and [[Humeral Veil Bearer]] precede Deacon to the Altar of Repose (Rosary Altar).
  • Form up and Genuflect with the Deacon.
  • [[Humeral Veil Bearer]] assists Deacon with the Humeral Veil, then Genuflects and moves to the North part of the Rosary Altar area.
  • When the Deacon has the Eucharist and turns, Candle bearers precede him to the Crossing Altar. [[Humeral Veil Bearer]] remains kneeling until Eucharist is gone.
  • Candle bearers:
    • Upon approaching the Crossing Altar, stand on either side of it and face inward.
    • When the Eucharist is placed on the Corporal, place candles on the Crossing Altar, Genuflect together facing inward, and return to Choir Stalls#Low.
  • [[Humeral Veil Bearer]]:
    • Extinguish the Sanctuary Lamp.
    • Fold and take the Corporal and Tabernacle key, and deposit them on the Credence Table.
    • When the Deacon is finished placing the Ciborium, take the Humeral Veil, fold it, and place it on the Credence Table.
• Acolytes 1 and 2 dress the Crossing Altar:
  • Spread the altar cloth.
  • Place the Missal, with Missal Stand on the Altar.
  • Place the [[Hockey Puck Mic]] just in front of the Missal Stand and unmute it.
  • Bring the Burse and spread the three Corporals on the Altar. Return the Burse to the Credence Table.
  • Return to Choir Stalls.
• Meanwhile, Priests retrieve more Eucharist from the Sacristy.
• All return to Choir Stalls#Low.
• After the Priest receives communion, receive communion in two lines, letting the friars receive first. No bell is run nor Crotalus clapped.
• After communion, a Minister takes the Eucharist to the back of the Tabernacle in the Sacristy.
• Acolytes assist with purification of vessels, bringing water cruet and clean Purificator (as the Celebrant does not have one).
• After the Celebrant drinks the water from a Ciborium:
  • Acolytes take the Burse to the Crossing Altar, fold up and put away the Corporal, and then put them back on the Credence Table.
  • An Acolyte mutes the [[Hockey Puck Mic]] and returns it to the Credence Table.
  • Book Bearer takes the Missal and Stand back to the Choir Stalls.
  • The altar cloth and lit candles are left on the Altar.

Prayer after Communion and Prayer over the People

Book Bearer bears Missal.

Recession

• Candle bearers, empty-handed, form up at the foot of the Crossing Altar with Ministers. All four Genuflect to the Veneration Crucifix, and then Candle bearers precede them to the Sacristy by way of the Lourde's Door.
• All other Servers remain in Choir Stalls. They exit through the Passageway after the friars and choir have exited.

Cleanup

• Veneration Crucifix in bracket and two lit Processional Candles remain.
• Two Processional Candles from the Crossing Altar move by the Veneration Crucifix, so as to make a "V".
• Altar cloth folded and brought back to Sacristy.

References

• S.T. III. q. 83. a. 2 ad 2.