knowing the story of Good Friday causes our hearts to cry out to God in humility and thanksgiving. It is a day that is holy and makes us holy because God was drawing the world to God's self in Christ.
have a responsive reading, or a short sermon from the pastor or the associate pastor. Sometimes Sunday school teachers will have special services for the kids during the evening where they use object lessons, using flannel board or other material to illustrate what happened to Jesus on that day...
KI-WOO Someone just happened to come to my mind. Her name is-- 21. Through Yon-Kyo’s POV, we see the back of Ki-Woo’s head as he seemingly tries to remember. KI-WOO (CONT’D) Girl’s Generation. The girl group. What was her name -- the one who started the jewelry...
Good Friday isn’t a happy day, but its name is a reminder that humans can only be considered good because of what happened on that day. Jesus took the sins of humanity upon himself, taking the punishment for that sin as well. Thus, humans could be considered sinless or "good" in ...
The official Good Friday prayer in the New Mass is for the Jews to grow in faithfulness to God’s covenant, while the traditional Church prays that they accept Christ since the Old Covenant has ceased. [SEE TABLE] –Page 101 The Protestants implemented Communion in the hand and Communion und...
Suddenly, though, after four hours in the private lounge, they herded us back onto the plane. Later, the guy in charge told me what happened. Apparently, the local airport authorities had sabotaged the plane’s internal cockpit lights, and then demanded a bribe in order to be allowed to ...
Every time that happened, I’d ask: why didn’t you just ask for an extension? Or, at the very least, why didn’t you just take the lower grade for turning it in a day late? Chances are pretty good that what you produce at 3 A.M. isn’t going to justify the sacrifice of a...
t bite pieces off. This had apparently happened in the past and seems to have continued at least as late as the medieval period. According to the 12thcenturyHistory of the Counts of Anjou, Fulk Nerra of Anjou bit off a piece of the cross relic when he was in Jerusalem on a pilgrimage...
“We draw people to Christ not by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.” ~ Madeline L’Engle ...
Resolutions simply focus on the “self,” not Christ. Lent is an excellent time to give up one’s own resolutions and listen for God’s leading. God's lead might be more difficult than any fast, and Christians realize that they cannot do anything in their own strength either: only the ...