1. Good Friday is the second day of Easter Triduum. It is the day that the Church solemnly recalls the passion and death of Christ.
2. On this day, the Church like St Paul glories in the cross of Christ. For it is through the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ that the world has been crucified to us and we to the world (cf. Gal. 6:14).
3. On Good Friday, Mass is not celebrated in the Church. St Thomas Aquinas gives a theological reason for this. He says that since Mass is the figure and a representation of the Lord’s passion, then on the day on which our Lord’s passion is recalled as it was really accomplished, Mass is not celebrated.
4. Jesus is our Passover lamb. According to John’s gospel, Jesus was killed the same hour that Passover lambs were killed. This shows that Christ is the true lamb that takes away our sin. The Passover lambs were figures pointing to Christ.
5. From the side of Christ on the cross, water and blood flowed. St John Chrysostom wrote that these water and blood are symbols of baptism and Eucharist. From these two sacraments, the Church is born. Thus, Christ from his side fashioned the Church just as from the side of Adam, God fashioned Eve.
6. Christ by dying on the cross teaches us love. We should then love others as Christ loves us. We should learn to make little sacrifices for others.
Don't miss today's liturgy in your various parishes. Remember, without Good Friday, there is no Easter.
Our mission is Preaching for the salvation of souls. We have been called to proclaim the Gospel to every corner of the world, so that every soul may come to know and love Jesus Christ.
The Vows
Poverty, obedience and chastity make us men who try to consecrate ourselves for the adventure of the Kingdom of God.
The Four Pillars
The Dominican Spirituality is most times described in terms of our four pillars: prayer, study, community and ministry.
Quotes
The most important question we need to ask ourselves is: how best are we to love God above all things and how best are we to love our neighbor in our community life and apostolic life?The question goes
to the very heart of our Christain vocation: How do I love? how do we love? Every other question is secondary and must be related to this primary question.
Our communual life of faith is a deep manifestaion of our commitment to our common life and our Dominican Spirituality. However, we must beware that your external practices of faith do not outweigh our
internal/interior practices of faith.
Interior silence and habitual recollection create the environment for super-natural contact. Mental disturbance is a hinderance to interior prayer. That disturbance is the consequence of our immersion
in the life of the world that has little or no interest in mysticism.
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