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Catholic Charities USA
Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
Readings of the Day
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As I meditate on the readings for this Good Friday, I am awakened to
the urgency of the moment. The prophet Isaiah in today's first
reading talks about those who are marred, speechless, startled,
spurned, crushed and held in no esteem. How are we to embrace
this reality?
In these pandemic days, who among us has not felt startled? Who
has not been made speechless by the enormity of the situation?
Who has not been crushed by the mounting statistics?
Yet in the second reading for Good Friday, we find these words in the
letter to the Hebrews: "So let us confidently approach the
throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely
help."
Perhaps this is the answer for our speechless, startled, spurned
selves: "to receive mercy and to find grace for timely
help." As followers of Jesus, we know that this current reality,
this pandemic, is not the end. The letter to the Hebrews tells
us that even in the midst of his suffering, Christ became "the
source of eternal salvation for all who obey him."
In our time, in this unique time of suffering, isolation, and death,
it seems that the clues to obeying him, to following him, can be found
in today's Gospel.
When confronted, Jesus spoke the truth. When the impetuous Peter
resorted to violence, Jesus healed the victim. When the women wept,
Jesus consoled them. When his mother was left alone, he reached out
for a companion for her.
The invitation is clear for those of us who claim to be Jesus'
followers: Will we speak the truth, even when it is uncomfortable? How
can we respond to victims of violence? How will we console those who
are in pain? How will we companion those who are alone?
In my ministry with the Catholic Mobilizing Network, to end the death
penalty, those invitations take on a very specific nature. Speaking
the truth, even when it is uncomfortable, can mean courageous
conversations with death penalty supporters and advocates. Responding
to victims of violence has come to mean reaching out to murder
victims' family members, as well as to those on death row.
Consolation for those in pain can mean responding to a family after
their loved one has been executed. And companioning those are alone
can mean a visit to someone isolated on death row.
How are you called to speak the truth, respond to violence, console
those in pain, and companion those who are alone in your life
circumstances on this Good Friday - and beyond?
Sister Eileen Reilly, SSND is a School Sister of Notre Dame. She was a
teacher and a parish minister before becoming her congregational Peace
and Justice Coordinator and the NGO representative to the United
Nations. Most recently she joined the staff of the Catholic Mobilizing
Network.
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