Today is Friday of the Passion of the Lord which commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus. On this day the guidelines for fasting and abstaining from meat should be followed.
Below are some suggestions for Good Friday:
- Make a cross as a family and prepare it to venerate during the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion - a cross is revered as sign of Christ's victory of death
- Pray the Stations of the Cross (Noon from St. Joseph Video)
- Participate in livestreamed Liturgy of the Lord's Passion (4:00 pm at Church of the Blessed Sacrament, West Lafayette)
- Pray the Solemn Intercessions (attached below)
- Venerate a cross by respectfully kissing or touching it.
- "Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world. Come let us adore."
- Listen to Father's homily
- Pray the rosary with your family or virtually with other parishioners
- Watch a movie: The Passion of Christ
- Continue a Pachal Fast
