April 18 - Good Friday : Cross - the sign of God's love

 

First Reading         :  Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Psalm                     :  Psalm 22
Second Reading     :  Hebrews 10:16-25
Gospel                    :  John 18:1-19:42 

 

Sometimes we ask the question “where was God when his beloved Son was crucified ?”. St. Ignatius of Antioch speaks about the “passion of my God”. It tells us that the Father was personally involved in Christ’s suffering and that he actually participated in it. In the same way sometimes we are tempted to ask “Where was God when my son/daughter died?, Does God loves me? Does he really care for me? I challenge you to pick up your crucifix, look at the bruised and mangled body of Christ and still ask that question because back will come the answer loud and clear “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son”. Amen.