What is good Friday? and if it is why do we have Easter Sunday...... when we say he rose from the dead 3 days after...it does not add up so why would it be a sin to miss that day when we don't even know if its really that day and why is it a sin to miss holy day of obligations ....i mean how do you know that's the day ...write truthfully ...please
2007-12-23 12:11:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good Friday is the day that marks when Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross for our salvation. On this day the whole Church mourns the death of Jesus. Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence. Catholics are also supposed to meditate and pray between the hours of noon to three o'clock in the afternoon. These are the hours Jesus hung on the cross.
Jewish time is divided into 4 'watches' beginning at 12 noon. So count Friday as one day.
Good Friday is called good because on this day Jesus was crucified for our redemption of our sins, world: "Holy Friday" for Latin nations, Slavs and Hungarians call it "Great Friday," in Germany it is "Friday of Mourning," and in Norway, it is "Long Friday." Some view the term "Good Friday" (used in English and Dutch) as a corruption of the term "God's Friday."
The Catholic Church celebrates Good Friday not because we worship a dead Christ or celebrate the death of Christ more so than the resurrection, but as a reminder of what He did in our behalf. It was through His death on the cross that we were redeemed. In Catholic spirituality, the cross and resurrection are inseparable for Christ, and also for those who would be His disciples. To have the light of the resurrection without the cross was impossible for our Lord and we are all called to follow in His footsteps. We are all told to pick up our cross and follow Him (Matthew 10:38; 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23). Sacrifice, as we are reminded by the presence of the corpus, is what He did for us and is what we are called to do if we are to truly be His disciples.
2007-12-23 12:27:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Good Friday is the day Catholics acknowledge Jesus' Crucifixion and Catholics celebrate Christ's Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
And it does add up - as long as you count the days the same way the Biblical authors who wrote the Gospels did. We consider one day as ending and the next as beginning at 12 midnight. The Jews counted a day as ending and the next one beginning at sundown. Also, the Jews count the first day as "1". We would not normally count "1" until the completion of the firs t24 hour cycle.
Jews count Friday as being the first day
Saturday as the second day
Sunday as the third day on which Jesus Resurrected.
The manner in which we count days today would probably have it like:
Friday would be day "0".
Saturday would be day "1".
Sunday would be day "2".
When you interpret the Bible, you have to consider the biblical author's intent. Even something as seemingly simple as counting the passing of a few days presents an opportunity for a 2,000 year old culture barrier to cloud our interpretation of the Gospels.
2007-12-24 12:23:05 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Friday is the day the Jesus died and was buried.
Easter Sunday is the day that Jesus rose from the dead.
Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday makes three days.
The Bible says that Jesus died the day before the Sabbath and rose the day after the Sabbath. The Sabbath is Saturday, so the day before is Friday and the day after is Sunday.
Neither Holy Thursday, Good Friday, nor Holy Saturday is a holy day of obligation.
Of course, all Sundays (including Easter Sunday) are holy days of obligation.
With love in Christ.
2007-12-23 22:10:32 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good Friday is the day Jesus died. I know...why would that be a good thing? It's because that's when it was finished, making our salvation easier. We didn't have to follow the 45358393 laws in the Old Testament, we didn't have to kill sheep when we sinned, etc.
If you ever look on a calander there is Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday. Easter Sunday is the day we celebrate Easter....why? Because we're not in church on Mondays.
I don't know what "Holy Day of Obligations" is...
2007-12-23 20:23:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It says Jesus rose on the third day, not 3 days later. Good Friday is the day Jesus was beaten and crucified. He was arrested Thursday evening after the Last Supper and beaten and whipped on Friday and then Crucified. The third day was Sunday Morning
1 Corinthians 15
1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
2007-12-23 20:25:42 · answer #5 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good Friday is the day on which we commemorate the crucifixion and death of Jesus. It DOES add up: think of it this way: if Friday is the first day of your vacation, Saturday is the second day, and Sunday is the third day. So, on the third day, He rose from the dead.
You can't inadvertantly commit a sin. Sinning is a deliberate act. If you don't know you were supposed to do something (like attending Mass) how could it possibly be a sin not to do it?
2007-12-23 20:17:13 · answer #6 · answered by Taylor's Dad 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Good Friday is when Jesus was crucified. The day he sacrificed himself for our sins. When you counted it from Friday it's three days. Why do we celebrate Christmas? Christ wasn't really born on December 25th but it's the day Pope Julius II decreed it to be. We don't know the real day but since we chose it to be a certain day, Catholics are called to honored that day. At least so that we are paying tribute to Jesus.
2007-12-23 20:41:57 · answer #7 · answered by cynical 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Friday is 1 day
Saturday is 1 day
Sunday is 1 day.
That's 3 days.
2007-12-23 20:26:31 · answer #8 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus death was good for us
in the Semitic world, 3 days and nights just meant on the third day
2007-12-23 20:24:02 · answer #9 · answered by James O 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The way the story is interpreted in the Bible is just a story representation of what happens astrologically. Jesus is the personification of the Sun...not the SON...watch this, it explains it better than I can http://zeitgeistmovie.com It will answer all questions you have ever had about Catholicism and what does and doesn't make sense about it.
2007-12-23 20:24:45 · answer #10 · answered by Time 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋