Good Friday

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We Christians adore a Christ who appears to be helpless and hopeless on the cross. For us who believe, we see in Jesus hanging on the cross the indefatigable and unfathomable love of God for us.

From being a symbol of death and hopelessness, the cross becomes a symbol of love. From being a sign of defeat, the cross becomes a sign of victory over sin and death. Jesus Christ gave new meaning to suffering on the cross. He is a living reminder that we have a God who cares for us, a God who is willing to do anything for our sake.

The apostle Paul, in reflecting on the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ, said: “Though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” (Philippians 2:6-8) He became obedient to the will of the Father to the very end as he fulfilled his mission.

We must follow the example of Jesus and be totally committed to the mission that has been entrusted to us by virtue of our baptism. Like Jesus, we must be ready to give our all to God. It may not necessarily mean offering our very lives to God literally, although some people have given their lives for God like the martyrs that we venerate in the Church. We are called to live our faith at home, in school, in our workplaces, in the marketplace, in the church, in the various arenas of life.

We adore You, O Christ and we praise You, because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world!

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