{"id":1338,"date":"2014-04-18T17:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T21:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2014-04-18T17:00:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T21:00:24","slug":"homily-good-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/homily-good-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Homily – Good Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Friday, Year A<\/a>
\nIsaiah 52:13-53:12
\nHebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9
\nJohn 18:1-19:42
\nApril 18, 2014<\/p>\n

Our passion began with saying that Jesus went out.<\/i>\u00a0 Jesus was not dragged away with force like a resistant criminal.\u00a0 Jesus went willing, knowing everything that was going to happen and knowing it was his Father\u2019s will.<\/p>\n

Jesus is put on trial.\u00a0 When the high priest questions Jesus about what he has said, he stands by what he has said because he knows it is the truth.<\/p>\n

When Pilate asks the people what charge they bring against Jesus they respond, \u201cIf he were not a criminal, we would not have handed him to you.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 They avoid the question and provide no charge.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because Jesus is innocent!<\/p>\n

Pilate asks Jesus what he has done for the people to do this.\u00a0 Jesus simply replies, \u201cMy kingdom does not belong to this world.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n

Often Pilate gets a bad rap but he is the one who three times <\/i><\/b>says he finds no guilt in Jesus.\u00a0 Pilate\u2019s only sin is giving into the mob.<\/p>\n

So why was Jesus crucified?<\/p>\n

The answer to this question was actually given a few hundred years before Jesus was born by Isaiah in the first reading where Isaiah speaks of the suffering servant.\u00a0 Why is the suffering servant treated in this way?<\/p>\n

\u201cYet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured\u2026 he was pierced for our offenses.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n

Why?\u00a0 Because, \u201cWe had all gone astray like sheep, each followed his own way.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n

Jesus brings us Truth, truth with a capital \u201cT\u201d.\u00a0 This Truth cannot be changed but when we do things our own way, trying to change Jesus\u2019 truth is exactly what we are doing.<\/p>\n

We think we have the answers about life and death, about what is moral and what is not.\u00a0 Why do we think we know better than Jesus?<\/p>\n

In a moment we will offer our Prayers of the Faithful.\u00a0 Normally on a Sunday each parish writes its own set of intentions but today the intentions are entirely written out word for word as part of our Good Friday Service so every Catholic Church in the world is praying for the exact same intentions.<\/p>\n

I think the wording of these prayers should remind us that we are part of something bigger than ourselves.\u00a0 In the very first intention, we pray for your <\/i>church, meaning not our church but God\u2019s church.\u00a0 God determines what the Truth and God wants everyone to know what it is.\u00a0 That\u2019s why our prayers today include not just Catholics, but also other Christians, Jews, and even those who do not believe at all.<\/p>\n

We know all this and yet we still can stray from God\u2019s ways.\u00a0 The good news is that Jesus has given us a remedy for our sins.\u00a0 He has died so that our sins may be forgiven.\u00a0 After our prayers, we will come forth to venerate the Cross.\u00a0 As you come forth, think not of death but how Jesus gives us new life through his death for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good Friday, Year A Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9 John 18:1-19:42 April 18, 2014 Our passion began with saying that Jesus went out.\u00a0 Jesus was not dragged away with force like a resistant criminal.\u00a0 Jesus went willing, knowing everything that was going to happen and knowing it was his Father\u2019s will. Jesus is put on …<\/p>\n

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