Good Friday of the Lord's Passion..
Reading1: Is 52:13-53:12
Responsorial Psalm:
Father, into Your hands I commend my spirit.
Reading2: Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9
Gospel: Jn 18:1-19:42
Responsorial Psalm:
Father, into Your hands I commend my spirit.
Reading2: Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9
Gospel: Jn 18:1-19:42
Today is the Good Friday of the Lord's Passion. He was betrayed, scourged, crowned with thorns, was ordered to carry His cross, crucified, and He died. Our Lord experienced and accepted this not because He has sinned but in order to save us because WE have sinned.
On His way to Calvary, He fell three times. I attended a procession for the Stations of the Cross, and I've learned that the falls Jesus had symbolizes that we have fallen into temptation...we have sinned. Jesus fell three times, but He stood up, knowing that God will give Him strength to continue and will never leave Him.
Many of Jesus' disciples were afraid of the Jews, some even denied Him. If I were there, I might be one of them...afraid of rejection, afraid that I may suffer like Jesus. But if we look at God's way and accept it like Jesus, we'll find that with our sufferings, we are strengthened by God's Spirit. With our sufferings, we are accepting God's grace. With our sufferings and death, we are accepting the new and eternal life with God.
