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| 891.1 | O Lord, by virtue of your cross, joy has come to the whole world | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Fri Apr 01 1994 10:28 | 41 |
| Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle;
Sing the winning of the fray;
Now above the cross, the trophy,
Sound the high triumphal lay:
Tell how Christ, the world's Redeemer
As a victim won the day.
Thirty years he dwelt among us,
His appointed time fullfilled,
Born for this, he met his passion,
This the Savior freely willed:
On the cross the Lamb was lifted,
Where his precious blood was spilled.
He endured the nails, the spitting,
Vinegar, and spear, and reed;
From that holy body broken
Blood and water forth proceed:
Earth, and stars, and sky, and ocean,
By that flood from stain are freed.
Faithful cross! above all other,
One and only noble tree!
None in foliage, none in blossom,
None in fruit thy peer may be:
Sweetest wood and sweetest iron!
Sweetest weight is hung on thee.
Bend thy boughs, O tree of glory!
Thy relaxing sinews bend;
For awhile the ancient rigor
That thy birth bestowed, suspend;
And the King of heav'nly beauty
On thy bosom gently tend!
To the Trinity be glory
Everlasting, as is meet:
Equal to the Father, equal
To the Son, and Paraclete:
God the Three in One, whose praises
All created things repeat.
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| 891.2 | | GUCCI::RWARRENFELTZ | Follow the Money! | Fri Apr 01 1994 11:59 | 3 |
| Excellent note, Alfred!
Ron
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| 891.3 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Pacifist Hellcat | Fri Apr 01 1994 12:24 | 10 |
| I had postulated that the term Good Friday came to us something like
our farewell "Goodbye," which was originally "God be with you."
Could Good Friday have originally been called something like "God's
Friday?"
I could research it, I suppose.
Shalom,
Richard
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| 891.4 | The curtain was torn | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Pacifist Hellcat | Fri Apr 01 1994 12:32 | 8 |
| One of the most important events, for me, that occured according to
the Gospel during that first Good Friday was the tearing of the curtain
in the Temple. It has profound implications which would have been
abundantly clear to the Jews of that time.
Shalom,
Richard
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| 891.5 | Torn Curtain | JUPITR::HILDEBRANT | I'm the NRA | Fri Apr 01 1994 12:33 | 6 |
| RE: .4
Could you explain?
Marc H.
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| 891.6 | Later | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Pacifist Hellcat | Fri Apr 01 1994 12:38 | 10 |
| .5 Marc H.,
I must prepare to attend the Way of the Cross/Way of Justice
event mentioned in 5.80, but I'll get back to you. In the meantime,
maybe John Covert or someone will share the significance of the
Temple curtain being torn.
Peace,
Richard
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| 891.7 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | just a closer walk with thee | Fri Apr 01 1994 13:08 | 12 |
|
I'm not an expert, but I believe the curtain provided a separation
between man and God and that only the temple priest was allowed to
go beyond the curtain. The tearing of the curtain indicated that man
was now able to approach God.
Jim
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| 891.8 | | CVG::THOMPSON | An AlphaGeneration Noter | Fri Apr 01 1994 14:32 | 3 |
| RE: .7 Right in one. That's exactly it.
Alfred
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| 891.9 | origins | RDVAX::ANDREWS | You're a mess, honey | Fri Apr 01 1994 14:49 | 15 |
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richard,
i did do a little research over lunch about the origin of
the phase "good Friday"...but i don't have much to report
the phase has been in use since at least 1290 (according to
the Oxford English dictionary)..
in the Orthodox branch of our faith it is known as Great Friday
it is not a contraction but just as it appears, that is, good as
in "good"
peter
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| 891.10 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Pacifist Hellcat | Fri Apr 01 1994 19:59 | 5 |
| .9 Thanks, Peter, for looking into that.
Shalom,
Richard
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| 891.11 | Reconciled and restored | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Pacifist Hellcat | Fri Apr 01 1994 20:10 | 14 |
| (.7 by Jim Henderson)
Yes, the torn Temple curtain means that nothing now stands between
God and us. Nothing, as Paul put it in his letter to the Roman
church, can separate us from the love of God in Christ.
The torn Temple curtain represents a Divine breakthrough, a breakthrough
of reconciliation and restoration.
This may be at least part of what's good about Good Friday.
Shalom,
Richard
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| 891.12 | Tearing the Curtain | SNOC02::LINCOLNR | No Pain, No Gain... | Sat Apr 02 1994 11:09 | 28 |
| I remember as a young Chrisitan seeing a dramitization of the events
that took place on that first Good Friday. The event we have spoken
about here - the tearing of the temple curtain to the Holy of Holy area
- still sends chills up my spine when I think about it. The tearing of
the curtain is so incredibly significant to Chrisitan followers.
The tearing of the curtain meant that for the first time in history
mankind had direct access to God. No priest was necessary to make a
temporary offering for the atonement of our sins. The atonement which
we had waited for in the person of Jesus Christ was now made.
Another interesting thing about the tearing of the temple curtain was
that it took place being torn from TOP TO BOTTOM. This was a huge
curtain. In human terms it would have taken two very strong men to
tear it in two. The only way that humans could have torn it was from
BOTTOM TO TOP by grasping and tearing from ground level. The
signficance of its being torn from TOP TO BOTTOM was that it was God
who did the tearing. This signifies that God Himself had been
satisfied by His precious Son's sacrifice.
We can now approach God because we are Justified by Christ's blood.
Justification means that we are treated "just as if" we had never
sinned - Christ's blood covered it all. Because the curtain has been
torn in two we can now "Come boldly before the throne of grace."
Rob
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| 891.13 | | JUPITR::HILDEBRANT | I'm the NRA | Mon Apr 04 1994 10:13 | 3 |
| THanks ,all...interesting insight into the torn curtain.
Marc H.
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