On Good Friday our hearts and minds traverse sacred ground as we recall the day that Jesus died for us. The Church celebrates no Mass this day, instead she kneels in solemn witness to a love beyond time and space, a love beyond human understanding, a love that is divine and eternal. We hear the same readings every year because we need to hear them, but our challenge is to know and accept that we are culpable in this death just as we are assuredly saved by it. Father, forgive us.

Readings:
Gospel – John 18:1 – 19:42
1st Reading – Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12
Psalm 31
2nd Reading – Hebrews 4: 14-16; 5: 7-9