The Good Friday celebration of the Lord’s passion is marked by simplicity, while the silence which attends the reading of the passion from John’s gospel can be profoundly moving. The large numbers present in church on this day indicate the deep significance Christ’s cross has for so many people, witness to by the remarkable reverence displayed at the veneration of the cross. In her Good Friday bidding prayers, the Church appropriately intercedes for the peoples of the world without exception. The Good Friday liturgy concludes with a simple service of Holy Communion and a quiet departure from a somehow empty and desolate church. We are left to ourselves to reflect on the mystery of the day.
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