US EditionLiturgy of the Lord’s Passion: 'Jesus Transformed Crucifixion Into Salvation'
- Good Friday is the only day Holy Mass is not celebrated; instead, the Church holds the Solemn Liturgy of the Passion with three parts: the Liturgy of the Word, Adoration of the Cross, and Holy Communion.
- Fr. Roberto Pasolini preached that Jesus gently fulfilled God's will by carrying the Cross, showing love even to enemies without violence.
- Pasolini urged Christians to approach the Lord's Cross without fear, seeing it as a throne to learn loving service amidst suffering and joy and recognizing meekness as true strength against evil.
- The preacher called on people to lay down 'weapons' of hate in daily life, accepting the Cross's challenges as a path to overcome evil through meekness and love.
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Every Good Friday the Catholic Church remembers the Passion of Christ and his last hours at Calvary. According to the Vatican tradition, there are plenty of words to describe what happened and that is why the Pope is silent. However, he speaks loudly with gestures of great liturgical and political power, such as a prayer lying on the floor of St. Peter’s Basilica at the feet of the crucifix or a way of the crucifix at dusk written by a Catholic …
Pope Leo XIV presided this Good Friday over the rite that commemorates the Passion of Christ in the Basilica of St. Peter of the Vatican, the first of his pontificate and that has begun following the tradition of praying lying on the ground. The pontiff, dressed in the red paraments symbol of martyrdom, began the ceremony lying completely on a carpet before the Altar of Confession, which marks the exact place where, according to tradition, the a…
The pontiff, dressed in the red paraments symbol of martyrdom, began the ceremony lying completely on a carpet before the Altar of Confession, which marks the exact place where, according to tradition, the apostle Peter was buried. The entry Leo XIV prays lying on the floor of the Vatican Basilica for the Passion of Christ was first published in The Voice of Michoacan.
Pope Leo XIV presided over the celebration of the Passion of the Lord, which began at 5:00 p.m. on this Good Friday in the Vatican Basilica.
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