11:00 AM: the Good Friday Psalter: the monks and our guests pray selections from the Psalter meditating on the Passion of Christ
4:30 PM: the celebration of the Lord’s Passion. This service is in three parts: the Liturgy of the Word culminating in the Passion of Christ according to John followed by intercessions; the Veneration of the Cross; the Communion service.
Following the afternoon service, the Blessed Sacrament is taken from church and reserved out of sight in the locus absconditus.