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Catholic Charities USA
Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
Readings of the Day
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Good Friday is the one day a year when no Catholic Mass is
celebrated. We reserve the Eucharist from the Holy Thursday
liturgy and have a communion service, but we give up our participation
in the incredible sacrament when heaven touches earth to commemorate
the solemn nature of the day and Jesus' overwhelming
sacrifice. This year, public Masses have been cancelled across
the country for much of Lent, and to me it's felt like an
extended Good Friday. I am cut off from receiving the Eucharist,
the source and summit of my faith, and one of my most intimate
connections with God. It has felt very hard indeed.
And yet, reading the scripture for today, the theme that hits me over
and over again is "surrender." The prophet Isaiah
foretells Jesus' behavior as silent and submissive. In the
garden of Gethsemane, Jesus goes with the soldiers freely, and
prevents his followers from drawing swords. In front of Pilate,
he refuses to defend himself, because his kingdom is not of this
world. He gives up his connection to his mother, and he gives up
his life to the Father. This is not pain for its own sake, but
allowing suffering to be part of God's salvific plan.
The challenges each of us face in this time of pandemic can be a way
to enter into the suffering of the Passion. We know that our
physical isolation contributes to greater health in our community, and
that the events and plans that we cancelled are allowing essential
workers to have a lower risk of infection. But on a deeper
level, this is a chance to "offer up" our suffering and
unite our struggles to those of the cross. There will be
salvation at the end of the journey. As the psalmist reminds us
in these dark moments, "take courage and be stouthearted all you
who hope in the Lord." I need that reminder, especially on
Good Friday, that I am called surrender to the less pleasant parts of
life to pave the way for the life God has in store.
Sheila Herlihy, ofs, is Coordinator of Justice and Charity at the
Church of the Incarnation in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a member
of the CCUSA Parish Social Ministry Leadership Team.
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