Good Friday
Submitted by FatherSean on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 21:15.
Christ Holding the Cross, El Greco, 1602-07
Readings (New American Bible)
The Connoisseur of Crosses and Cross Bearing
Biblical Reflection for Good Friday
By Father Thomas Rosica, CSB
TORONTO, MARCH 29, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Each year on Good Friday we relive the tragic chain of events of the Passion of our Savior leading to his crucifixion on Golgotha. There is a haunting question about this day that has resounded throughout history. Where was God in the midst of the disaster on Calvary?
This is a question that even Jesus the Lord cried out from the wood of the cross: "Where are you? Have you really forgotten me? Why are you deaf to my the sound of my pleading?" (Psalm 22).
The profoundly moving Scripture readings of today's solemn liturgy do not focus upon the corpse of Jesus, but they move delicately back and forth between the dead Jesus and the grieving community. The passages are filled with words of sorrow and hope, death and life. In the reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (4:14-16; 5:7-9), the author contemplates Jesus' agony in the garden in relation to temple sacrifices and the priesthood according to the Hebrew Scriptures.
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