What irony that sinners consider the greatest problem they face in this world to be the problem of pain. The ultimate insult against God is that man thinks he has a problem of pain. Man, who deserves to be plunged into hell at this moment, and is indescribably fortunate that he is breathing normally, complains about unhappiness. Instead of falling on his knees in the profoundest possible gratitude that God holds back His wrath and infinite fury, the sinner shakes his fist in heaven’s face and complains against what he calls “pain.” When he receives his due, he will look back on his present condition as paradisiacal. What he now calls misery, he will then consider exquisite pleasure. The most severe torment anyone has ever known in this life will seem like heaven in comparison with one moment of the full fury of the divine Being.
John Gerstner

Good Friday

Good Friday

GOOD FRIDAY

BASIC R.C. BELIEF The traditional day upon which Jesus died, and hence it is given great importance. It is observed as a day of fasting and abstinence, and the faithful are urged to receive Holy Communion on this day.

CHRISTIAN COMMENT Jesus was not crucified on Friday. Had He been entombed Friday night, he would have been in the grave less than 36 hours. Wednesday is a more probable day.

There is little value commemorating a day by ritualistic celebration, especially when the very ritual clouds the reality of what He really did for us at Calvary. It is better to know why He died than to know when He died.