Have a great Good Friday

Around this time of year a lot of Christians are likely rewatching Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" film. It's a good film in many ways and I believe it is a useful tool in helping the faithful to understand the extent to which Christ suffered for us.

That said, we need to not have tunnel vision today. Christ's suffering was important. It showed his inner and outer strength as that he endured all this when he could have but called upon legions of angels to save him. Instead the night before he asked God that if it be possible, he be spared, but rather he asked that God's will be done.

The real story this week is the resurrection, which cannot happen of course without Christ's death. While we can glean much from the suffering of Christ on this day, we can take heart in knowing the purpose behind it. Just so we should strive to serve God's will and not our own, and offer up our suffering along the way.

I'd like to go into this more but there just isn't time. Have a great Good Friday, Holy Saturday and of course, have a blessed Easter Sunday.

First comes this: Matthew 27:50-53
And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.

But then comes this:
The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."

Amen