A Good Friday Moment
Some friends and I just gathered to make space for a Good Friday moment. It never fails to capture me …. The silence ….. The power of the Cross … The Words of the Passion … The silence …. The call of the Cross … The silence ….
I notice within me a deep settling unsettling. Today is the day to sit with this. Today is the day to call to mind my own betrayals, denials, abandonings, mockings …
In the deep deep silence that overcame the world with Jesus’ last breath, that deep deep silence is felt and heard very loudly today …. In Gaza, in Ukraine, in the trafficked, in those at the Mexican/USA border, in the vitriolic words spoken/shouted between/at politicians … the unseenness of the marginalized …
Darkness …… A call to remain in this place …. with the fear, the tears, the hopelessness, the loneliness ….
We know it does not end here friends. There lies our hope. But for now …. we remain…
Sit with your favourite cross or a picture of one. Allow this music to accompany your prayer. Follow this with a time of silence….