Good Friday

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Good Friday

• The origin of Good Friday
• Liturgy on Good Friday
• Reading
• Veneration of the cross
• Reception of the Communion
• The Way of the Cross
• Conclusion

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Easter Triduum

• Holy week is at the heart of the Christian
  experience.
• We discover once more who we are and who we
  belong to.
• We learn the meaning of life in professing our
  baptism faith once again.

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Easter Triduum

• The keynote for this week is to celebrate the
  salvation of the human race through the victory
  of Jesus Christ.
• Easter Triduum the last three days of Holy
  Week
• Holy Thursday,
• Good Friday,
• Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.

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Easter Triduum

• In the first century the Church celebrated the
  Passover mystery in one day.
• Gradually the Church separated it into three
  days
• table service on Holy Thursday
• the wood of the cross on Good Friday
• the vigil at the tomb on Holy Saturday, plus
  Easter Sunday
• It did not separate the whole mystery but focused
  on each in turn.

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Good Friday --Easter Triduum

• Celebrating the Lords Passover under the image
  of his life-giving on the cross.
• No Mass celebrated today.
• Fasting today.

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Good Friday

• Completely bare altar.
• Not a funeral for Jesus, but Christ triumphant
  through his death.
• It is a glorious passion

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Liturgy

• Follows the pattern of the Jewish liturgy
• of the synagogue.
• The liturgy is in the ancient form
• listening to the Word,
• veneration of the cross,
• and reception of Communion reserved from Holy
  Thursday.
• Suggested time for celebrating the liturgy is
  about 3 p.m.

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Reading

• Isaiah 5213-5312
• Psalm 31
• Hebrews 414 16 57 9
• John 181 - 1942

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First Reading -- Isaiah 5213-5312

• The fourth song of Servant of God.
• The text vividly portrayed the Servants
  suffering and ignominy.
• Christ was innocent his death was vicarious and
  redemptive and avails for all the human race.

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Responsorial Psalm -- Psalm 31

• Response to the proclamation of Isaiahs Christ.
• Expresses psalmists confidence in God.
• A thanksgiving song to trust in the Lord is the
  source of courage.

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Second Reading -- Hebrews 414 16 57 9

• Jesus as High Priest.
• Jesus divinity and humanity.
• Jesus experienced human suffering.

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Gospel -- John 181 - 1942

• Narrative of Jesus passion is short and less
  anecdotal compared with Synoptics.
• significant theology
• Jesus obedience to the Fathers will.
• He is the master of his own fate.

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Liturgy -- Intercessions

• Part of the Roman Mass liturgy from ancient
  times.
• Different form in the East to West.
• There are ten intentions.
• theological meaning the faithful are transformed
  after listening the Word of God.
• It also shows the Churchs care for the
  individual needs of her members

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Veneration of the cross

• Egeria, Spanish Lady, the fourth century
  traveller, brought this practice to Spain.
• Roman ritual of veneration is similar to what
  Egeria saw, but it came directly from Jerusalem.

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Veneration of the cross

• Only one cross should be used except for some
  pastoral reasons.
• The wooden cross should not carry a corpus of the
  dead Christ.
• The acclamation should clearly focus on the
  wood of the cross.

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Receiving the Communion

• The reception of Communion on Good Friday was not
  practised at Rome until seventh century.
• The whole Church fasted as the disciples did and
  with the whole of creations hunger for the
  salvation.

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Receiving the Communion

• In the Roman liturgy around the ninth century
  people received Communion.
• Two species received in Communion
• consecrated bread and consecrated wine

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Receiving Communion

• The celebrant alone received Communion at Mass
  until the reform of the liturgy in 1955.
• Some say the reception of Communion distracts
  from the theme of Good Friday which is centred on
  the wood of the cross.

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The Way of Cross

• There are fourteen stations.
• Invented after the tenth century.
• It commemorates Jesus passion in Jerusalem.
• Mainly based on the gospel accounts and on local
  traditions in Jerusalem.

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The Way of Cross

• Todays Way of Cross evolved slowly out
  veneration of the holy places in Jerusalem.
• From eleventh century great saints and mystics
  promoted veneration of the suffering and death of
  Jesus.

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The Way of Cross

• In 1991 a new Way of the Cross was introduced
  based totally on the gospel accounts of the
  Passion of Jesus.
• It begins with Last Supper and ends with the
  resurrection of Jesus.

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Conclusion

• Good Friday is a special day for celebrating
  Gods salvation when Jesus died on the cross.
• It is focussed on the wood of the cross.