Good Friday

Good Friday, March 29
7 am, Good Friday Rosary online
12 pm, Good Friday Noonday Service in the sanctuary
3 pm, Bilingual Stations of the Cross at Casa Marianella
7 pm, The Good Friday Project

Good Friday

On this day, the church commemorates Jesus’ arrest (since by Jewish customs of counting days from sundown to sundown it was already Friday), his trial, crucifixion and suffering, death, and burial. On this day our service allow worshippers to experience some sense of the pain, humiliation of the journey to the cross.

The Stations of the Cross service uses art or drama to represent various scenes from Jesus’ betrayal, arrest, trial, and death, and the worshippers move to the various stations to sing hymns or pray as the story is told. We also offer the Good Friday Project, a collection of artistic performances reflecting on the crucifixion.

Good Friday is not a day of celebration but of mourning, both for the death of Jesus and for the sins of the world that his death represents. Yet, although Friday is a solemn time, it is not without its own joy. For while it is important to place the Resurrection against the darkness of Good Friday, likewise the somberness of Good Friday should always be seen with the hope of Resurrection Sunday.