All posts tagged Good Friday

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Easter Vigil

In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians he writes,’I handed on to you as of first importance what I myself received, that Christ died for our sin in accordance with …

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Is Holy Saturday Sad and Solemn?

There is no Mass celebrated on Holy Saturday until the Vigil anticipating the Resurrection.  We are left with the last words of John Passion narrative describing the burial of Jesus …

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Good Friday: Go Into His Open Side

We celebrate the death and resurrection of our Lord on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, using the simplest of signs. On Holy Thursday Jesus, kneeling before his disciples, …

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Will You Be There?

Recently, I was talking to someone about Holy Week and the celebrations of the Triduum. He told me that he went to Holy Thursday and the Easter Vigil, even though …

The Supreme Sacrifice

Click here for today’s Scripture readings. Is 52:13-53:12 Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9 Jn 18:1-19:4 “We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakness, but one …

Lent – A Time for Engagement

Click here for today’s Scripture readings. 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23 Eph 2:4-10 Jn 3:14-21 One Easter St. John Chrysostom greeted his community by noting that some of those present had …

Good Friday

Click here for today’s Scripture readings. Is 52:13—53:12 Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9 Jn 18:1—19:42 We solemnly celebrate the death and resurrection of our Lord on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy …

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