"Good Friday is good because God has spoken and told us
that He has paid and will pay any price to be close to us forever.
Hate, sin and evil threw everything they had at him and it
wasn’t enough. Love won. Love always wins."
-Fr. Joe Krupp
I would like to wish everyone a
very blessed Good Friday. I would like
to share how we spent our Good Friday.
My Good Friday started with
attending Adoration from 2-3am with my site partner. As I sat at Adoration, sleepy, not knowing if
I would be able to stay awake, I heard those famous words, “can you not stay
awake with me one hour and pray?”
Immediately I was given the strength to stay awake and my soul felt
absolutely wonderful at 3am because I had spent that time with Jesus as we
commemorate his passion.
At 7 we
reported to the church to prepare our Confirmation groups for the Stations of
the Cross. Each group was in charge of
preparing and acting out 2 stations.
It’s a tradition here in Okinawa to process through the street to each
station. Hundreds of people gathered on
our one paved road to walk with Jesus.
It was an incredible sight.
Different people from the community prepared a table on the street with
flowers, candles, a picture of the station, statues, whatever they could to
give honor to Jesus. At 3pm we
celebrated mass with the community of Okinawa.
I look forward to celebrating His rising from the dead with this
wonderful, loving community in 3 days!
But until then, let us remember His passion and death, the price he paid
for all of us, and try to live our lives FOR Him and to bring Him GLORY!
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| Preparing our costumes the night before. |
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| Some of our Confirmation group. |
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| The First Station: Jesus is Condemned to Death |
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| The Second Station: Jesus Carries His Cross |
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| The Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time |
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| The Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Mother |
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The Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus
Carry the Cross |
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| The Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus |
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| The Seventh Station: Jesus Falls the Second Time |
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| The Eighth Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem |
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| The Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time |
Unfortunately I was not able to take pictures of the last few stations, but we are so proud of our Confirmation students!
Good work, Julie. Thanks for sharing the faith experience of Okinawa with us. God bless you, Manny, and Adam.
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