"Ah, Holy Jesus” | Good Friday
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ZACHARY'S NOTES:
Stanza 1 // Christ was crucified not only by enemies or “foes” but by His own! This echoes the first chapter of St. John’s Gospel - the Word was not received by His own people. It is this lack of offense [save for our sin] which demands the poet begin this chorale not with a text of praise or prayer, but of wonder.
Stanza 2 // It is easy to listen to the Passion account and push everything to the past - the guilty must have been Judas, Pilate, or the crowd. But Christ comes to save us from sin, and does so by taking the sin of the world to the cross.
Stanza 3 // Christ is the “Good Shepherd” who lays down his life for His sheep. While we [as helpless sheep] could do nothing, God interceded for our atonement.
Stanza 4 // This stanza places the death of Christ in the context of His life and our own. Jesus’ incarnation, sorrow, offering of his life, death, and passion are all for “our salvation.” This same “offering” we give today - bread and wine - are sometimes called the Church’s sacrifice. In this, God gives the same - new life and salvation.
Stanza 5 // God’s constant love - “unswerving” the hymn says - is our joy and adoration, even as we remember our Lord’s death. At the cross, we stand empty - unable to offer anything to Christ - yet Christ gives everything He has to us.
OTHER SUGGESTIONS
ELW 349 - Ah, Holy Jesus - HERZLIEBSTER JESU
ELW 342 - There in God’s Garden - SHADES MOUNTAIN
ELW 345 - Jesus, I Will Ponder Now - JESU KREUZ, LEIDEN UND PEIN
ELW 349 - Ah, Holy Jesus - HERZLIEBSTER JESU
ELW 351/352 - O Sacred Head, Now Wounded - HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN
ELW 355/356 - Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle - PANGE LINGUA // FORTUNATUS NEW
ELW 750 - Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart - HERZLICH LIEB
ELW 811 - On My Heart Imprint Your Image - DER AM KREUZ
LBW 93 - Jesus, Refuge of the Weary - O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE
LBW 102 - On My Heart Imprint Your Image - DER AM KREUZ
LBW 112/113 - Jesus, in Thy Dying Woes - ACK VAD ÄR DOCH LIVET HÄR
LBW 114 - There Is a Green Hill Far Away - WINDSOR
LBW 116/117 - O Sacred Head, Now Wounded - HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN
LBW 118 - Sing, My Tongue - FORTUNATUS NEW
LBW 123 - Ah, Holy Jesus - HERZLIEBSTER JESU
LBW 124/125 - The Royal Banners Forward Go - HERR JESU CHRIST, WAHR MENSCH UND GOTT // VEXILLA REGIS
LBW 325 - Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart - HERZLICH LIEB
LSB 423 - Jesus, Refuge of the Weary - O DU LIEBE MENIER LIEBE
LSB 439 - O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken - HERZLIEBSTER JESU
LSB 422 - On My Heart Imprint Your Image - DER AM KREUZ
LSB 447 - Jesus in Your Dying Woes - SEPTEM VERBA
LSB 448 - O Darkest Woe - O TRAURIGKEIT
LSB 449/450 - O Sacred Head, Now Wounded - HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN
LSB 451 - Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted - O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN
LSB 453 - Upon the Cross Extended - O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN
LSB 454 - Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle - FORTUNATUS NEW
LSB 455 - The Royal Banners Forward Go - VEXILLA REGIS NOVA
LSB 708 - Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart - HERZLICH LIEB
RH 52 - On My Heart Imprint Your Image - DER AM KREUZ
RH 133 - Ah, Holy Jesus - HERZLIEBSTER JESU
RH 149 - O Sacred Head, Now Wounded - HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN
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