04/04/2026
*The Proper Liturgy of Good Friday*
*Veneration of the Cross, *
*the Solemn Collects and *
*Communion from the Reserved Sacrament *
All Souls' Episcopal Church of Point Loma
Friday April 3, 2026 7:00 pm
Todays hymns: 160, and 172,
Are found in _The Hymnal 1982_ (the blue book).
*Service Bulletin:*
https://www.allsoulspointloma.org/_files/ugd/b3c6ea_81fdfe6546e941ba8e736cc4bb4121ef.pdf
*An important word about this night’s Gospel Reading*
It should be noted at _all_ times, and most especially in _these_ times, that references in the Passion Gospel to “the Jews”
being responsible for the actions that resulted in Jesus’ crucifixion are, in fact, references to a small cadre of Jewish
leaders in Jerusalem, who actively opposed Jesus’ ministry and sought to thwart—and end—it. Neither the Jewish
population of Jerusalem, at that time, nor the Jewish people as a whole, at any time, were responsible … let alone in
any way culpable … for Jesus’ death.
Throughout history, a great deal of enmity, hatred, bigotry, oppression, persecution and unspeakable violence has
been waged upon people of the Jewish faith on account of a mistaken understanding, or a willful misinterpretation,
of the Passion Gospel’s meaning. Not only must we not allow this to continue, but we must also take responsibility
and atone for centuries of past wrongs done to the Jewish people in the ‘name’ of the Christian faith; and we must
encourage others to do likewise.
