Composer Robert J. Powell
Text Book of Common Prayer, 1979
Voicing SATB, a cappella, with baritone cantor
Church Season Good Friday
Length 2' 45" Price $1.95 (U.S.)
Released 2/02
Catalog no. 405-456
Difficulty Mod. easy

Description
Three brief pieces for the Good Friday liturgy: two chant-like dialogues for cantor and unaccompanied SATB choir, and a short (8-bar) closing response. The texts from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer are beautifully set, and will enhance any Good Friday observance.

Text
I.
We glory in your cross, O Lord,
and praise and glorify your holy resurrection;
for by virtue of your cross
joy has come to all the whole world.
May God be merciful to us and bless us,
show us the light of his countenance and come to us.
Let your saving ways be known upon earth,
your saving health among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, O God,
let all the peoples praise you,
we glory in your cross, O Lord,
and praise and glorify your holy resurrection;
for by virtue of your cross
joy has come to all the whole world.

II
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
If we have died with him, we shall also live with him.
If we endure, we shall also reign with him
because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

III
O Savior of the world,
who by thy cross and precious blood hast redeemed us:
save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord.

--Book of Common Prayer, 1979