Good Friday

Good Friday

Preparation 1. Place a cross on a table beside you. If you don’t have a cross, you may be able to make a simple cross with something from the garden.

Gospel of St John

Jesus knew that everything had now been completed, and to fulfil the scripture perfectly he said “I am thirsty”. After Jesus had taken the vinegar he said “It is accomplished” and bowing his head he gave up the spirit.

Prayer Meditation

And so we come to Good Friday, the day of the Passion and the Crucifixion of the Lord. Every year, standing in silence before Jesus hanging on the wood of the Cross, we feel how full of love the words were that he spoke on the previous evening during the Last Supper. "This is my blood, of the covenant, which is poured out for many". (Pope Benedict XVI)

All mothers know well what this means: they give another life; they suffer, but then they rejoice, they are happy because they have given birth to another life. It gives joy; love gives birth .to life and even gives meaning to pain. Love is the engine that empowers our hope. (Pope Francis)

Mother Teresa said, “God didn’t call us to be successful but faithful “. The promise is paradise. It is for those who remain good and faithful servants. So walk on, on this Good Friday. Stay faithful under whatever pain you may have, for tomorrow is Holy Saturday. The day of hope, the day when the church holds her breath in anticipation of new hope. Hold your breath this Good Friday. It is being accomplished at this very hour. It is time for us to be silent. (Fr Niall Ahern

To do

“Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world; come let us adore”. This refrain invites us to contemplate and adore Christ. As you watch the Adoration of the Cross, you and household members are invited to make a gesture of adoration towards the cross in the home. This might be a bow or a kiss or other form of adoration. You may wish to hold the cross for a moment of contemplatio