𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞
By Fr. Paul Cheong, OFM. Cap.
As we celebrate Good Friday and venerate the cross, let us remember that it takes two pieces of wood to make a cross.
The vertical stick represents God’s love for us. He loved the world so much that He sent His only Son to suffer and die for us. Jesus, the Lamb of God, willingly suffered for us to free us from the consequences of our own sins.
The horizontal stick represents God’s call for us to love one another by learning to love, forgive, and accept one another, and by humbly serving others. What we do to the least of our brothers and sisters, we do to Jesus.