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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 . Easter Triduum. Holy week is at the heart of the Christian experience . We discover once more who we are and who we belong to.
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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
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.
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.
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.
Good Friday --Easter Triduum • Celebrating the Lord’s Passover under the image of his life-giving on the cross. • No Mass celebrated today. • Fasting today.
Good Friday • Completely bare altar. • Not a funeral for Jesus, but Christ triumphant through his death. • It is a glorious passion
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.
Reading Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Psalm 31 Hebrews 4:14 – 16; 5:7 – 9 John 18:1 - 19:42
First Reading -- Isaiah 52:13-53:12 • The fourth song of “Servant of God”. • The text vividly portrayed the Servant’s suffering and ignominy. • Christ was innocent; his death was vicarious and redemptive and avails for all the human race.
Responsorial Psalm-- Psalm 31 • Response to the proclamation of Isaiah’s Christ. • Expresses psalmist’s confidence in God. • A thanksgiving song: “to trust in the Lord is the source of courage.”
Second Reading-- Hebrews 4:14 – 16; 5:7 – 9 • Jesus as High Priest. • Jesus’ divinity and humanity. • Jesus experienced human suffering.
Gospel-- John 18:1 - 19:42 • Narrative of Jesus’ passion is short and less anecdotal compared with Synoptics. • significant theology: • Jesus’ obedience to the Father’s will. • He is the master of his own fate.
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 Church’s care for the individual needs of her members
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.
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.
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 creation’s hunger for the salvation.
Receiving the Communion • In the Roman liturgy around the ninth century people received Communion. • Two species received in Communion: • consecrated bread and consecrated wine
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.
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.
The Way of Cross • Today’s 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.
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.
Conclusion • Good Friday is a special day for celebrating God’s salvation when Jesus died on the cross. • It is focussed on the “wood” of the cross.