Good Friday is a religious holiday observed by Christians across the world in memory of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. This year it falls on March 25. The day is part of the Holy Week for Christians and is spent mourning Christ's death. The day comes two days before Easter Sunday when the resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated.
The two days, Friday and Saturday, are considered part of the mourning period before Easter celebration. While Mass is not celebrated on this days, the 'Way of the Cross' prayers and Bible passage readings are held at churches.
Here are quotes and messages you can share with loved ones on this day:
Messages
1. He showed us the way. He has long been gone. Yet, in our hearts, His name shines on. Wish you a blessed and Holy Friday.
2. Thinking of you and your family and praying that the Lord keeps you in His loving care at all times. Have a blessed Good Friday!
3. Praying that the Lord fills your Heart with Peace, holds you in His love and blesses you with His grace.
4. I wish the Lord will keep you in his loving care now and always. Good Friday greetings.
5. I wish you all the blessings of Good Friday as a dedication to the sacrifice Lord Jesus Christ made for each one of us. Good Friday wishes.
Quotes
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him." —John 3:16-17
"And he said to him, 'Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.'" —Luke 23:43
"For he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise." —Mark 9:31
"Life is a precious gift, but we realise this only when we give it to others." —Pope Francis
"Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf in springtime." —Martin Luther
