Be a person of few words

Readings: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42 (40)

Let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help In the face of suffering, death, and mystery, words often fail us. Yet on this day there are only a few words to remember, to pray, and to make our own.

In his reflection on Good Friday the Catholic theologian Father Karl Rahner, S.J. invites us to speak Jesus’ own words: “They are quite simple; everyone can understand and say them with him. This is the abyss of existence into which we fall. And we believe that there dwell love and life themselves. We say, Father, into your hands I commend myself, my spirit, my life and my death. We have done all that we could; the other, the ineffable that is salvation, will come, too”

(Grace in Freedom)