“Good Friday” is a difficult conception as a day that is good. When you are young, it is just the Friday before Easter, and Easter is a day of celebration – food, gifts and Easter egg hunts.

During your “middle” years (young adulthood) you begin to see Good Friday as a heavy, sad day full of depression and death.

But in the autumn of your life, you may begin to see it more as a day of hope. Everyone faces death, whether you want to admit it or not. Even the Gerber Life Insurance commercials tell us if we think we are going to live forever (on this earth), we may be mistaken.

In some ways, Good Friday is more important than Easter because you cannot have one without the other. Without Good Friday, there is no Easter. And without Easter, there is no hope for Life Eternal.

Jesus suffered for us immensely … it’s unfathomable what he experienced. Take time today to be sad; to wonder what it would be like to face death as Jesus did. Then awaken Sunday with all the hope the resurrection offers.

He is Risen! Celebrate the Resurrection, and know that after your own “Good Friday” will come your Easter Sunday when you rise again to celebrate eternity.

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Webster Parish Journal