We call today Good Friday, but hearing the story of how Jesus is treated, of watching Him suffer on the cross, a death so brutal that Roman citizens could not be crucified, it almost seems ostentatious that we would even dare call today good. Yet today is good, because as Isaiah tells us in our… Continue reading Good Friday 2022
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Good Friday
Today, we are brought face to face with the crucifix. As we stare at Jesus hanging on the cross, we recall that as disciples, as followers of Jesus, each of us must also take up our cross and follow Him.[1] In telling His followers to take up their cross and follow Him, Jesus… Continue reading Good Friday
Good Friday
The Gospel we just participated in should make us feel uneasy, not in the way fear makes us feel uneasy, but in the way, love makes us feel uneasy. For you see the “the cross of Christ is not a theory, but a dreadful ordeal and a sign of love.”[1] From the cross… Continue reading Good Friday
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Today, as we gather at the hour when our Savior gave up His spirit, we recall that “the cross of Christ is not a theory, but a dreadful ordeal and a sign of love.”[1] We come to pay the highest honor to our Lord’s cross recognizing it as the means of our salvation… Continue reading Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Good Friday Stations of the Cross Homily
At this hour when Jesus was lead out to die we, as Catholics, gather to prayerfully journey with Him to the cross recalling His triumphant passion and death. Today’s ancient devotion of the Stations of the Cross finds us waiting at the foot of the cross, for Easter Sunday. Resting at the foot… Continue reading Good Friday Stations of the Cross Homily
Through The Cross To Light 