Photo was taken at Col√°iste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co.Cork (Irl)
The cross in our photo today is the one mentioned in the Thought For The Week below.
Thought on Friday – April – 03/04/2015
Thought For Good Friday
God proved his love on the cross. When Christ hung, bled and died on the cross on Good Friday, it was God saying to the world, “I love you.” ~Billy Graham
Today Good Friday is a stark, bleak and reflective day. A question sometimes asked by children is: If Jesus died on the cross why is today Friday called good. Why not call it Bad Friday?
The answer is simple. It is good because we know that Jesus triumphed over evil, darkness and sin. We live in a world today where we are bombarded with violence. It has numbed us, so much so that we can fail to appreciate the sufferings that Jesus underwent for each of us. Jesus knows better than anyone our struggles and difficulties in life. We are not on our own and we are given the strength to carry whatever cross we may carry in life. Today is also a day to pray for anyone that we know who is carrying a particularly difficult or heavy cross. Our prayers today can and will make the world of a difference.
Thought For The Week
‘You’ll learn more about a road by travelling it than by consulting all the maps in the world.’ ~Author Unknown
Maps have been around for hundreds of years since the first explorers started discovering different parts of our world. Today maps have been replaced more by satellite navigation systems. We’re told they’re more reliable and accurate in getting us to our destination. But modern technology and different maps can never tell us the feel of a road and its character. The only way to find out is by travelling along it.
We have begun our journey through Holy Week. As we travel the road of Holy Week we are invited to allow it to touch and be part of our lives. We might be tempted to say, I know that story, I have been there before and I don’t really need it any more. But there are many parts of it that can meaningfully touch our lives.
In our school in Col√°iste Choilm we had a big wooden cross on display during the weeks of Lent. The invitation was to write down your name on the cross if you had a worry, a problem or something difficult happening in your life. All the names would then be prayed for each week. As the days went on this cross became a tapestry of names and colour. At this stage there are layers of names on this cross with every possible space full. The cross is something we all can clearly relate to. But most important is how the cross became a sign of hope thanks to the Resurrection. We are invited to walk the road of Holy Week at our own pace. Our own story is very much in there.
