Good Friday
March 25, 2016 ~ Good Friday
Prayer before a Crucifix
Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus,
while before Thy face I humbly kneel and,
with burning soul,
pray and beseech Thee
to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments
of faith, hope and charity;
true contrition for my sins,
and a firm purpose of amendment.
While I contemplate,
with great love and tender pity,
Thy five most precious wounds,
pondering over them within me
and calling to mind the words which David,
Thy prophet, said of Thee, my Jesus:
They have pierced My hands and My feet,
they have numbered all My bones.”
Amen.[2]
Year of Mercy Calendar for Today: “Good Friday ~ Start Divine Mercy Novena. Attend Good Friday Services.”
Friday, March 25
Liturgical Color: Violet
On this day in 1995, Blessed
Pope John Paul II issued his
encyclical, Evangelium Vitae
(The Gospel of Life). In it, he
emphasized that as followers of
Christ, we should ensure the
protection of all human life from
conception to natural death.