Good Friday
Readings Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Hebrews 4:14-16,5:7-9.
At the hour when power seems to triumph, God chooses the Cross as His throne and exposes the lie of every ego that claims victory through strength. This is not passive suffering—it is radical mercy. On Golgotha, Christ does not merely die; He changes the course of history. Every lash He bears, every nail that pierces, every cry He utters is a strike against the dominion of sin, violence, and death. The crucified Christ unleashes His love unto the end. The world mocks, “Come down from the Cross,” but He stays—not because He is powerless, but because He refuses to save Himself while we remain enslaved. On this day, we do not mourn a martyr—we fall before the pierced God who overturns justice with mercy, power with sacrifice, death with surrender. The Cross is not the end of hope; it is the apocalypse of false hopes. If we call ourselves His disciples, then we must not only gaze upon the crucifix—we must take it up. For Good Friday is not a day to pity Christ—it is the day He calls us to die with Him. To die to the comforts. To die to the controls. To die to the illusion that holiness comes without wounds. This is the hour of truth, and the Cross is the only pulpit from which love speaks without compromise.
Don Giorgio