The Good in Good Friday
It has been over three months since I last went to Mass. I miss it more than anything, and I cannot wait until the day I am able to go back. However, in the meantime, if you are like me, you may be wondering where all the good is in the fact that we're not able to go. This is exactly what I said to Jesus a few weeks ago one morning when my heart was aching with longing to return to Mass. I asked Him where the good in all this was, and that I couldn't see it. I told Him I couldn't imagine any good could come from this, because what's better than the Mass? After I finished somewhat passionately (yet honestly) pouring my heart out to Him, this hit me all of a sudden: For the Apostles, on Good Friday, what good did they see in it? They didn't see any good in Jesus' Passion and Death. They couldn't imagine any good could come from it. And yet, on Good Friday, we were given the greatest gift of all: Christ's victory over sin and death. Furthermore, without Goo...