Go forth Let us Pray As Lent draws to a close, let us pray fervently that Easter will be a celebration of renewal in Christ. (pause) Faithful God, guide us in your gentle mercy and help us to please you in our daily lives. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Listen A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark (15:33, 37-40) About noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until around three o’clock. Wednesday Holy Week 16 April 2025 Respond Form groups of four or five students. In your groups, create freeze frames to retell the key parts of today’s reading. Use facial expressions and body language to convey emotion. As your teacher slowly rereads the gospel, form the freeze frame that link to that part of the story. Move silently between your frozen moments, as smoothly and calmly as you can. May God bless us and protect us and bring us to eternal life. Amen. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Then Jesus shouted and died. At once the curtain in the temple tore in two from top to bottom. A Roman army officer was standing in front of Jesus. When the officer saw how Jesus died, he said, “This man really was the Son of God!” Some women were looking on from a distance. They had come with Jesus to Jerusalem. But even before this they had been his followers and had helped him while he was in Galilee. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. 58
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