A casual observer would find it hard to call anything about the picture to the left “good”. However, motivational speaker and author Carol Van Atta ponders the meaning of this seemingly strange holiday referred to as “Good Friday”, the remembrance of Jesus’ crucifixion on the Friday before Easter Sunday:
It may seem a curious thing: People who claim to follow the teachings of Christ thankful for his death? Calling their remembrance of it, “Good” Friday? Nice church-going folks wearing the equivalent of electric chairs around their necks? (The Roman cross being one of the most brutal instruments of capital punishment known to man.)
For followers of Christ – and I am one – his death is all about redemption, “the purchase back of something that had been lost, by the payment of a ransom” …
To explore this topic further, please explore the full article, A Good Friday?
What meaning does this holiday carry for you? Do you plan to do anything to celebrate it?
Image: 17th century painting by Diego Velázquez
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