Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Good Friday

THE PASSION OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER MARY

By Edmund Elorm Ackuaku  Sacred Scripture records vividly the passion of one Man, Jesus Christ, whose death brought salvation to the human race and reconciled the world to God. The Paschal Mystery summarized this for us as we contemplate the suffering, death, and Resurrection of Jesus. The major events of His suffering were on Good Friday. We often imagine Jesus carrying a big heavy Cross and bathed in blood. Our focus is almost always steered to the Passion of Jesus in the Lenten Season, especially the Holy Week. We usually forget one figure in this period of the liturgical year. This indelible figure is our Blessed Mother Mary. Her role in the life of our Lord cannot be forgotten so soon unless mankind has decided to be ungrateful to this generous woman by failing to honour Her. Even some Christians refuse to honour Her. The words of St. John Eudes can be applied to this ungrateful generation of Christians who are not ready to honour Mary, A man is no true Christian if he has no...