What to Look for on Good Friday ~ The Imaginative Conservative

What to Look for on Good Friday ~ The Imaginative Conservative

“Behold the wood of the cross on which hung the salvation of the world.” When we hear the priest proclaim these words at the liturgy later today, perhaps we should also recall the annual proclamation of our optometrists. Gesturing toward yet another set of letters on the wall, he asks: “Now, what do you see here?” Jesus willed to undergo His Passion in order to help us see. Does pain change its meaning during Lent? Does misery, anxiety, and inju…

What to Look for on Good Friday

Does suffering become good on Good Friday? The answer, of course, is no. But if suffering never becomes good, not even on Good Friday, why did the Lord Jesus desire to suffer for us today? Today, Jesus accomplished our salvation, yet not by suffering so much as by loving.