Good Friday Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/seasons/holy-week/good-friday/ England and Wales Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:11:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Good Friday Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/seasons/holy-week/good-friday/ 32 32 174395915 Cardinal’s Good Friday reflection https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-reflection-for-good-friday/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-reflection-for-good-friday/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 21:55:28 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=103664 By Cardinal Vincent Nichols Today the churches will be full. That may not be so every Sunday, but today is different. It is one of those key days, along with Ash Wednesday, when an instinct, lodged deeply in the human soul, finds expression. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, in their different ways, bring out an […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-reflection-for-good-friday/feed/ 0 103664 Station 7: Jesus falls the Second Time https://www.cbcew.org.uk/stations-of-the-cross-7/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:33:39 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=45044 Consider the second fall of Jesus under the Cross; a fall which renews the pain of all the wounds in his head and members. My Jesus, how many times have you pardoned me, and how many times I have fallen again, and begun again to offend you. By the merits of this second fall, give […]

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]]> 45044 Station 6: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus https://www.cbcew.org.uk/stations-of-the-cross-6/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:33:15 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=45039 Consider how the holy woman named Veronica, seeing Jesus so ill-used, and bathed in sweat and blood, wiped his face with a towel, on which was left the impression of his holy countenance. My most beloved Jesus! Your face was beautiful before, but in this journey it has lost all its beauty, and wounds and […]

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]]> 45039 Good Friday – the whole of humanity comes in its need to our only Saviour https://www.cbcew.org.uk/good-friday-the-whole-of-humanity-comes-in-its-need-to-our-only-saviour/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/good-friday-the-whole-of-humanity-comes-in-its-need-to-our-only-saviour/#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:05:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=90363 Cardinal Vincent Nichols has given a homily in Westminster Cathedral as we mark the Passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ on Good Friday. The Cardinal encourages all of us to bring our troubles and prayers to the foot of the Cross on this most solemn day. “Our prayers are solemn. They are echoed […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/good-friday-the-whole-of-humanity-comes-in-its-need-to-our-only-saviour/feed/ 0 90363 Cardinal Nichols on the beauty behind Christ’s suffering that points to the eternal https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-nichols-on-the-beauty-behind-christs-suffering-that-points-to-the-eternal/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-nichols-on-the-beauty-behind-christs-suffering-that-points-to-the-eternal/#respond Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:10:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=74269 Good Friday 2023, Westminster Cathedral Cardinal Vincent Nichols reminds us, in his homily preached during the Liturgy of the Passion in Westminster Cathedral, that Jesus dying on the cross points to a healing of our wounds and the promise of life and joy to come: “There is a haunting beauty to the Gospel of the […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-nichols-on-the-beauty-behind-christs-suffering-that-points-to-the-eternal/feed/ 0 74269 Christ Crucified https://www.cbcew.org.uk/velazquez-christ-crucified/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:55:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=45240 We’ve picked four famous works for the Paschal Triduum. For Good Friday, we look at a breath-taking, powerful piece by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez – ‘Christ Crucified’ painted in 1632. First we get an entertaining and vibrant take on this crucifixion piece from London-based gallery guide Lynne Hanley. More about Lynne here: arttoursbeyondthepalette.co.uk Then we […]

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