Good Friday

[no name joe]

I just returned from our Good Friday service. The alter had been stripped of all of it ornamentation, leaving only the cross, draped in a black cloth. The priests wore black, as they read meditations on the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus. Music was toned down, every thing was slow, to symbolize the death like march that Jesus took to the place called the Skull. We were encouraged to remember his death from the perspective of the disciples...they were left confused, afraid, grieving and in despar. The same situation we all find ourselves in.

Thus, we left the service in silence. Feeling a bit of despair. Feeling hopeless. Oh what a celebration it will be Easter morning. A white cloth will drape the cross of Christ instead of the black. The ornametnation will return to the sancturary and alter in celebration of the risen Christ. We find hope not in his death, but in his ressurection. Death leads to despair. His resurrection leads to life and hope. Thanks be to God!

[Doc Flay]

I like this presentation your church has given on this good friday! thank you for sharing this, A-men.