Good Friday: Centered on Love and the Mystery of the Cross

Today, the Church falls silent. The bells do not ring, the altars are bare, and the tabernacle stands open and empty. It is Good Friday. A day when pain is not hidden, when the Passion of Christ is made present in every liturgical gesture, in every word of the Gospel, in every gaze fixed upon the cross.

Jesus did not die out of obligation, but out of love. The cross, that instrument of torture, becomes today the greatest sign of hope. Because there, where the world sees only failure, God reveals His victory. There, where abandonment seems to reign, Jesus embraces us through His total self-giving.

To contemplate the cross is to allow oneself to be seen by Love. A Love that does not flee from suffering, that stands in solidarity with human pain and redeems it from within. Jesus does not come down from the cross, does not respond with violence, does not justify Himself. He simply loves, to the very end.

This day invites us to pause. To look at the suffering of the world and ask ourselves how we respond. To look at our own cross and discover that we are not alone. That the Crucified One walks with us, that His suffering is also our consolation.

May this Good Friday not pass us by. May the silence speak, may the cross transform us, and may the Passion of Jesus ignite compassion within us.