• Our Life
    • Our Story
    • Our Day
    • Apostolates
  • Charism
  • Vocations
  • Blog
    • Subscribe
  • Giving
    • Donate
    • Growth
  • Contact
    • Message us
    • Request a Prayer
    • Vocation Inquiry
    • Newsletters
Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa
Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa
  • Our Life
    • Our Story
    • Our Day
    • Apostolates
  • Charism
  • Vocations
  • Blog
    • Subscribe
  • Giving
    • Donate
    • Growth
  • Contact
    • Message us
    • Request a Prayer
    • Vocation Inquiry
    • Newsletters

Blog

Good Friday

3/30/2018

 
Picture
Christ Crowned with Thorns and the Mourning Virgin
Good Friday is the most somber and solemn day of the year. We unite with our Savior's passion and death through our spirit of silence and fasting, participation in the liturgy, and maintaining an attitude of recollection of the seriousness of the day.
One of the most striking aspects of the Good Friday liturgy is the "Reproaches", or "Improperia". These soul-stirring words are addressed to each of us by our suffering Savior. He reminds us on this day through these words of the prophets and the Church, as well as by His oblation of Himself, of His immense love for each of us. We are invited to deeper repentance and to a share in His suffering.

The Reproaches

O my people, what is it I have done unto thee? How have I grieved thee? Answer thou me. 
Is it because I brought thee out of the land of Egypt, that thou hast made ready a cross for me, thy Savior?
O holy God!
O holy God!
O holy strong One!
O holy strong One!
O holy immortal One, have mercy on us!
O holy immortal One, have mercy on us!
Is it because for forty years I led thee through the wilderness, feeding thee with manna, and bringing thee into a land exceedingly good, that thou hast made ready a cross for me, thy Savior?
Picture
What was there more I ought to have done for thee, and did not do? I planted thee to be of all my vineyards the most beautiful: yet exceedingly bitter hast thou been to me. For, I was athirst and thou didst give me vinegar to drink; yea with a spear thou didst pierce my side, — mine, thy Savior’s.
Picture
It was I who brought thee out of Egypt and drowned Pharaoh in the Red Sea: and thou hast betrayed me into the hands of the chief priests. ​O My people, what have I done to thee? Or in what way have I offended thee? Answer thou me.

​It was I who opened a way for thee through the sea: and thou hast opened my side with a spear. ​
O My people, what have I done to thee? Or in what way have I offended thee? Answer thou me.
It was I who went before thee in a pillar of cloud: and thou hast dragged me before Pilate’s judgment seat. O My people, what have I done to thee? Or in what way have I offended thee? Answer thou me.
It was I who fed thee with manna falling in the wilderness: and on me have fallen thy heavy blows and lashes. O My people, what have I done to thee? Or in what way have I offended thee? Answer thou me.
It was I who gave thee life-giving water to drink from the rock: and thou hast given me gall and vinegar in my thirst. ​O My people, what have I done to thee? Or in what way have I offended thee? Answer thou me.
It was I who for thy sake struck down the kings of Canaan: and thou hast struck me on the head with a reed. O My people, what have I done to thee? Or in what way have I offended thee? Answer thou me.
Picture
It was I who bestowed upon thee a kingly scepter: and thou hast set upon my head a crown of thorns. O My people, what have I done to thee? Or in what way have I offended thee? Answer thou me.
 It was I who with a mighty hand lifted thee up: and on the gibbet of the cross thou hast uplifted me. O My people, what have I done to thee? Or in what way have I offended thee? Answer thou me.
Picture

Comments are closed.
    Subscribe

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Advent
    Christmas
    Easter
    Events
    Feast Days
    Image Insights
    Lent
    Liturgy
    Mary's Hands & Heart
    Monthly Devotion
    Our Lady
    Our Lord
    Photo Journal
    Prayer
    Reflections
    Religious Life
    Saintly Sayings
    St. Joseph
    True Devotion

    Archives

    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014

Picture

Navigation


  • Home
  • Our Story
  • Giving
  • Blog
  • ​Donate
  • Contact
  • ​Privacy

Stay Connected



Copyright 2018 Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa
Website by Fitz Designz