(Please feel free to use this liturgy. Credit: Rev. Murray Speer.)
Who
has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been
revealed?
He grew
up like a sapling before us, like a root out of arid ground.
He
had no majesty or beauty to make us look at him, no charm to attract us.
He was
rejected and despised by others; he knew suffering in his heart.
Song: Voices United #144 vs. 1-2
Yet
he bore our illnesses and our suffering.
We
thought he was being punished by God, but he was being wounded by our transgressions.
He
bore a punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we were healed.
All of
us, like sheep, have gone astray, but the Lord laid upon him the punishment of
us all.
By
making an offering of himself, he protects his descendents and prolongs his
days.
Through
him, the purposes of the Lord will prosper.
Therefore,
he will have a reward among the great, for he poured himself out to death.
He
interceded for the weak, and bore the punishment of many.
Song: Voices United #144 vs. 3-5
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