Good Friday 

   “Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.” (Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen) 

   Today is a day for solemn contemplation of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ.  This is the day He was hung on the cross and gave up His life for the redemption of our sins.

   In our own lives we too must experience a Good Friday.  Not a physical death, but a death to our old ways of life and a turning to God; a decision to allow God’s will to be our guide and to subject our own will to His.  Without such a change in our life we will never know the resurrection into eternal life.

   St. Paul wrote, “And now it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.” (Gal 2: 20).  We, like St. Paul, must die to self to allow Christ to live within us.  If we wish Christ to live in us we cannot serve our own ego and desires but must endeavor to follow our Lord in all ways, even if it is all the way to the cross.

   On Sunday we will celebrate the resurrection of our Lord.  Has this Lenten experience brought us closer to our Lord?  Will we be ready and willing to continue our walk with Him, seeking His will and guidance in all things?  Will we follow Him all the way to God’s heavenly kingdom?