Good Friday (2)

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today, we are invited not only to speak about the Cross, but to stand before it.

The readings, the silences, the solemn intercessions, and the veneration that follows—these do not need embellishment. They are the Church’s way of drawing us into the …

We must never forget that what we have just heard happened for us. That God so loved us all, that he allowed his Son to come into the world, to die so as to take away our sins. This is why we call this day ‘Good’ Friday. Because it is the day that death …