Good Friday 2026
On this day of great sorrow, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is considered too consoling.  This ceremony is so ancient that we can trace its origins back to the Apostolic age.  In the first part of this ceremony, we see the celebrant prostrate himself on the floor in an expression of the greatest sorrow for what we have done.  We should not be deluded into thinking we would have been heroic if we had lived alongside Christ.  At best we would have been cowards like the Apostles, at worst we would have been Judas.  May our Redeemer cast a look at us as He did for St. Peter, so we might be forever changed.  Our Lord is praying for us during this ceremony.  Christ chose to die in this way, not out of necessity, but so He might win our hearts.
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