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Why We Call It Good Friday
Oh, what wondrous love is this — God made Man so that He could die for us and save us from our sins! NO GREATER LOVE! And this is why we call that dark and awful day — almost 2,000 years ago — “Good”. God made it good. He took what was horrific and brutal and unjust — and He transformed it into the possibility of new life for all of us. But there is one catch — we need to accept the grace of that Good Friday and allow it to change us. We need to turn from our sinful ways and begin again. Don’t let this day —…
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Entering Into the Triduum
“Why is tonight different from all other nights?” The phrase appears at the beginning of each line of The Four Questions, traditionally asked by the youngest child during the celebration of the Jewish Passover Seder. It’s a great question to ask ourselves as we enter into the Triduum. How was this night, over two thousand years ago, different than all other nights? Holy Thursday began with the celebration of the Jewish Passover. But Jesus didn’t take the traditional fourth cup and drink it on that night — He even asked if that cup might pass him by — because He knew what it meant. He knew that He would be…
