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Friday, March 11, 2016

March 11 - Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent

The Foreshadowing of Good Friday

We are over Lent’s halfway mark, and Easter Sunday is within our sights. But, before we can celebrate Easter Sunday, we have to see our Lord is crucified on Good Friday. The first reading today foreshadows this day. The people with hard hearts target the innocent one, the just one. Throughout this reading, the wicked say they are willing to kill the son of God to see if he will be saved – “Let us condemn him to a shameful death; for according to his own words, God will take care of him.” (Wisdom 2:20)

Though it’s not yet Good Friday, we sense that it’s getting close. The tests, arrest, and trial are coming. As I read through today’s readings as well as the ones that surround them, I am more aware of the calendar and feel the story is quickly moving toward a crisis. Jesus hasn’t been arrested yet, but we know that it’s only a matter of time. That’s what the first reading foretells. 

How are you preparing for Good Friday? Have you contemplated what Jesus may have thought and felt as his hour neared?

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