Friday of the Passion of the Lord

Paschal Triduum

Good Friday: the Church keeps the memory of the Lord’s Passion and Death on the Cross. No Mass is celebrated; the Cross is venerated. A day of fasting and abstinence.

A day of fasting (ages 18–59) and abstinence from meat (ages 14 and up).

Readings of the day

Sorrowful Mysteries

Fifth Mystery: The Crucifixion

This mystery is featured for Friday of the Passion of the Lord.

“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!”Luke 23:46

Jesus is nailed to the Cross between two thieves. He forgives His executioners, promises Paradise to the repentant thief, gives His Mother to the beloved disciple, and dies for our salvation.

Fruit of the mystery: Perseverance

The Way of the Cross

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

On the Fridays of Lent many parishes pray the Stations of the Cross, following Jesus through fourteen moments of his Passion. You can pray them at church or at home, pausing at each station with this acclamation, an Our Father, a Hail Mary and a Glory Be.

Traditional acclamation of the Stations of the Cross

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This day’s five mysteries (Sorrowful Mysteries)

The Agony in the Garden
The Scourging at the Pillar
The Crowning with Thorns
The Carrying of the Cross
The Crucifixion

Coming up

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the LordSun, Mar 28 · Solemnity
Second Sunday of Easter or Sunday of Divine MercySun, Apr 4 · Sunday
The Annunciation of the LordMon, Apr 5 · Solemnity
Saints Philip and James, ApostlesMon, May 3 · Feast
The Ascension of the LordSun, May 9 · Solemnity

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Liturgical calendar for the dioceses of the USA (General Roman Calendar and U.S. proper), checked against the USCCB liturgical calendar. Readings: citations from the U.S. Lectionary for Mass, text from the Douay-Rheims Bible (public domain).

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