GOOD FRIDAY

SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE CHURCH OF MY YOUTH GOT TORN DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR A PARKING LOT . ( REMINDS ME OF SINGING AT COFFEE HOUSES WITH MY BESTIES, ROSE AND BARB, THE JONI MITCHELL SONG…) 

 ST. GREGORY THE GREAT PARISH AMALGAMATED WITH ST. WILLIAM’S TO FORM ‘GOOD SHEPHERD’  ,A BEAUTIFUL NEW-BUILD CHURCH WHICH I LOVE TO ATTEND WHEN I VISIT HOME). BUT FOR NOW WE CELEBRATE MASS WITH OUR ONLINE PRIESTS.AT LEAST WE HAVE THIS….

ST. GREGORY’S MEANT THE WORLD TO ME BECAUSE I RECEIVED ALL OF MY SACRAMENTS THERE AND HAVE SO MANY HAPPY MEMORIES OF GREAT PRIESTS, FRIENDS, AND OF YEARS SINGING IN THE CHOIR.

BEFORE THE CHURCH SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD MY FATHER HELPED ARRANGE FOR BEAUTIFUL CRUCIFIXES TO BE CREATED FROM THE NOW UNUSED PEWS.  THE CROSS ATTACHED HERE IS ONE OF THE BLESSED CROSSES FROM MY OLD CHURCH.

IT IS NOW A DAILY REMINDER OF THE SACRIFICE THAT JESUS MADE FOR US ON GOOD FRIDAY .

“FAITH IS THE GAZE OF A SOUL UPON A SAVING GOD”. ( A.W. TOZER) 

LET US HAVE THOSE ‘EYES OF FAITH’ AND LIPS OF THANKS FOR HE DID THIS …FOR US!