many have common questions about the observance. Why is it even called “Good” when it is centered on something so painful? Why is it that some churches observe the holy day on a different date each year than others?
For an observance specifically centered on remembering the brutal suffering and execution of Jesus, many might wonder how such a date could be labeled “Good Friday.”
The exact origins are disputed, with some arguing that it derived from an older English way of saying “God’s Friday,” according to the Catholic reference website NewAdvent.org. Others claim that good had an original definition meaning “holy,” thus technically making it “Holy Friday.”
“For the gospel’s good news to have meaning for us, we first have to understand the bad news of our condition as sinful people under condemnation. The good news of deliverance only makes sense once we see how we are enslaved.”
The Stations of the Cross is a common way in the Roman Catholic Church to remember the events of Good Friday, marking 14 events, as explained by Catholic.org:
1-Christ condemned to death
2-The cross is laid upon him
3-His first fall
4-He meets His blessed mother
5-Simon of Cyrene is made to bear the cross
6-Christ’s face is wiped by Veronica
7-His second fall
8-He meets the women of Jerusalem
9-His third fall
10-He is stripped of His garments
11-His crucifixion
12-His death on the cross
13-His body is taken down from the cross
14-Jesus is laid in the tomb.
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