collect for the day

the following is a collect included in the 1552 and 1559 editions of the book of common prayer. seems a fitting way to reflect on "good Fryday."

"ALMIGHTIE god, we beseche thee graciously to behold this thy famely, for the which our lord Jesus Christ was contented to bee betrayed, and geven up into the handes of wicked men, and to suffre death upon the crosse: who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy ghoste now and forever. Amen."