April 18, 2025: “By His Wounds, We Are Healed” (Isaiah 53:5)
Today, we gather in silence. The altar is bare. There is no Mass. No Gloria. No Alleluia. The Church mourns. Heaven is hushed. The earth stands still. Because today, God died . 1. The Day Love Was Nailed to a Cross Good Friday is not just a day in history. It is the day love stretched out His arms and embraced the world . It’s hard to look at the Cross. It’s painful. It’s brutal. But it is there — in blood and splinters — that we see the depth of God’s love. “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for one’s friends.” (John 15:13) And Jesus called us friends . He was not killed by nails alone. He was held there by love — love for the sinner, the weak, the broken, the lost… for you and me. 2. The Man of Sorrows Took Our Place In Isaiah 53, we read: “He was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.” This is the heart of Good Friday: Jes...
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