Good Friday
Today in the liturgy, we read St. Johns account of the passion, we pray for the needs of the Church and the world, we venerate the Cross and we receive the blessed Eucharist. As we reflect on the events of Good Friday we are invited to examine our own lives and attitudes. When we think of the death of Jesus on the cross, we realise that his death was a result of the courage of his convictions. He lived his life with a message of compassion, and love, Jesus was often critical of those who lorded it over those who were less well off or who had little or even nothing at all. The cross of Good Friday is a sign and a symbol that all of us recognise, it is a sign of the completeness of the love that God has for each one of us faults and failings included.
We need to show the love of God to all those whose lives are loveless to all who have nobody to care for them we must show them that ours is an all loving and caring God. In reaching out to others, especially those who feel isolated or abandoned, we embody the spirit of Christ and become instruments of his love in the world. Today when we go up to venerate the cross, we should allow the cross to move us to be better people. Consoling, and comforting the people we meet with the values of Jesus and the Cross.
Fullerton T 