It is only right, with all the powers of our heart and mind, to praise You, Father, and Your only begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: dear Father, by Your wondrous condescension of loving-kindness toward us, Your servants, You gave up Your Son.  Dear Jesus, You paid the debt of Adam for us to the eternal Father by Your blood poured forth in loving-kindness.  You cleared away the darkness of sin by Your magnificent and radiant resurrection.  You broke the bonds of death and rose from the grave as a conqueror.  You reconciled heaven and earth.  Our life had no hope of eternal happiness before You redeemed us.  Your resurrection has washed away our sins, restored our innocence, and brought us joy.  How inestimable is the tenderness of Your love!

Gregory The Great

Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.  Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.  And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.'”  Having said this, He breathed His last.

Luke 23:44-46
The New King James Version

Good Friday came after Christmas, but the angels still sang at the manger.  In the midst of the hardest reality of life, there is always a welcome for tenderness and beauty.

Bruce Thielemann

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