Good Friday
We are blessed in the Christian tradition with many resources that help us to walk with Jesus to the cross: personal devotionals, corporate worship, hymns and spiritual songs… On Good Friday these may lead us to Gospel readings of the crucifixion, worshiping with our St. John congregation at noon or 7 P.M., or perhaps standing and trembling at the foot of the cross with all who have sung the Afro-American spiritual, “Were You There?” with the haunting refrain that follows each verse:
Oh! sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
The story unfolds as follows:
Vs. 1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (repeat)
Vs. 2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? (repeat)
Vs. 3 Were you there when they pierced him in the side? (repeat)
Vs. 4 Were you there when the sun refused to shine? (repeat)
Vs. 5 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (repeat)
How can we not “tremble, tremble, tremble” when we come face to face with Jesus’ self-giving, saving love for you, for me, for all God’s children?
Lenten Calendar Suggestion
Do something kind for someone at work/school.