Below are some hymns from the Matins of Holy and Great Friday, chanted on Holy Thursday Evening:
"As You permitted the transgressors to
arrest You, Lord, You said to them, "Even
though you struck the shepherd and scattered
the sheep, namely My twelve Disciples, I
could summon more than twelve legions of
angels. But I forbear, so that the unknown and
secret things that I showed you through My
prophets may be fulfilled." Glory to You, O
Lord!"
"He who covers himself with light as
with a garment stood naked in judgment. He
received blows to the cheeks from hands He
had fashioned. And the unlawful people had
the Lord of glory nailed to the Cross. Then the
veil of the Temple was torn in two, and the
sun hid itself, unable to watch this insult to
God, before whom the universe trembles. Let
us worship Him."
"Thus says the Lord to the Jews, "O my
people, what have I done to you, how have
I upset you? I gave sight to your blind; I
cleansed your lepers; I raised the man who
lay paralyzed on his bed. O my people,
what have I done to you, and how have you
repaid me? Instead of manna, you fed Me
gall; instead of water, you gave Me vinegar;
instead of loving Me, you nailed Me to the Cross. So, I will no longer hold back, but I
will call My Gentiles, and they will glorify Me
and the Father and the Spirit; and I will grant
them eternal life."
"Today, He who suspended the earth in
the waters is suspended on a cross.
The
King of the Angels wears a crown of thorns.
He who wraps the sky in clouds is wrapped
in a fake purple robe.
He who freed Adam
in the Jordan accepts to be slapped.
The
Bridegroom of the Church is fixed with nails
to the cross.
The Son of the Virgin is pierced
with a spear.
We worship Your Passion, O Christ.
Show us also Your glorious
Resurrection."
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