But as the Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar observed, the cross teaches us that success is not a name of God. It is not a Gospel category. Good Friday is the day when we recognize both our ...

"For many Christians, Good Friday is a day of fasting, with the faithful attending a church service where they will meditate on and venerate the cross of Christ." It is a day of "sorrow ...

For those burdened by guilt, regret, or spiritual dryness, Good Friday extends a timeless invitation: Come to the cross, and be made whole. In a nation where systemic failure and poor leadership ...

Sponsored by Ecumenical Ministerium Group, the annual Good Friday Ecumenical Cross Walk on East Main Street in Westminster began at Grace Lutheran Church, pausing for prayers and hymns along the ...

Good Friday is a part of Holy Week ... while others will refrain from eating meat. Stations of the Cross: In this 14-step devotional practice, people retrace Jesus' final steps before his crucifixion.

Etymologically, the "good" in Good Friday may have originally meant "God ... frightening symbols of violence in history – the Roman cross – into a sign of faithfulness and redemption, we ...

It just wouldn't be a traditional Easter weekend celebration without hot cross buns, would it? Sure, there are other must-haves for this spring holiday-baskets, the Easter bunny, pretty pastel ...

Good Friday is a Christian holiday that commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. This year Good Friday is April 18. Easter is Sunday, April 20.

Good Friday commemorates the day Jesus was nailed to a wooden cross and died for the sins of humanity. Two days later, Christians believe that after being buried in a tomb, Jesus rose from the dead.

LEIPSIC — The Good Friday Cross Walk will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, April 18 at the Meadows of Leipsic, 901 E Main St., Leipsic. Jesus’s cross will be carried down the sidewalk along state ...

People gather on the edge of a parking lot of a gas station on the corner of Carroll and Main Street in Westminster, one of the stop during a Good Friday Cross Walk organized by the Westminster ...