On this day, the Church calls us to meditate on the text of the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, a passage from the Letter to the Hebrews and in the Gospel to the account of the Passion after John. Then follows an extremely solemn prayer for all the faithful, the adoration of the cross and the possibility of receiving the Eucharist.

The text in the Book of the Prophet Isaiah is certainly the most dramatic, profound, and appropriate text about Christ's death: “He had neither form nor beauty to look upon ... ... And he bore our sufferings and took our pains upon him. " The passage from the Letter to the Hebrews is also very important: “In the days of his earthly life he offered, with loud cries and tears, prayers and supplications to him who had the power to save him from death and was heard. because of his piety. "

Christ is the author of eternal salvation because he obeyed his Father. He gave himself up to death so that we would be perfect. The story of the Passion of John has one thing in common: the proclamation of the kingship of Jesus, the Messiah, and the Son of God. The title "king of the Jews" by Pilate, a representative of the Gentiles, or the inscription above the cross, "Jesus of Nazareth, king of the Jews," are illustrative in this regard.

After the commemoration of the suffering of Christ, the Church gathers in a solemn prayer for all categories of people. It is an affirmation of the universalism of Christ's salvation.

Indeed, through this universal prayer, we are introduced to the adoration, in procession, of the cross on which Christ died. The cross is the great protagonist of Good Friday: it became holy due to the holiness of the one who wore it. The cross, today and always, must awaken in us feelings of hatred for sin and love for the Redeemer.

Source: ROMAN CATHOLIC EPISCOPY OF CHISINAU