Unveiling Good Friday: The Battle Between Embracing and Fighting the Cross
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 เม.ย. 2023
- Good Friday is being celebrated around the world by Catholics. In this video we explore the deep spiritual meaning of this cross and reflect on the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus. With a focus on a Catholic understanding of suffering, we unpack the significance of Good Friday and and how Jesus puts meaning into suffering. Are be fighting or embrace the Cross of Jesus. St Alphonsus reminds us that the more we fight, the heavier the cross becomes. Join us as we delve into the heart of Good Friday and the timeless message of Jesus.
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Had a beautiful Mass of the Last Supper last night at my church. Then sat with Jesus for an hour or more. Looking forward to today's veneration of His Cross.
Thank you for your Lenten reflections these last 40 days. You are a blessing to us. ❤✝️💙🙏🏼
Thank you Lord for having problems i can endure through your great mercy.
Embracing problems instead of fighting it is really of great help to lighten the load with sharing it to Jesus thru mother Mary.
Thank you so much for your very inspiring words, God bless!
So Beautiful What a Blessing to Suffer for Jesus what a Cross Triumph for Salvation. 🙏🏻✝️📿
Once again it was a pleasure to make this journy with all three of you THANK YOU Ken,Janelle & Father for your teachings & your time,Janelle may God Bless your voice always loved the song, Beautiful!!❣️Blessings & Peace to All!!
Yesterday I found myself changing from hurt feelings to anger, then took a second look and realized that the devil was delighting in my angry reaction. So I changed my attitude to "What would Janelle and Ken do" in this situation. I decided to pray about it; and eventually I let the anger go. It was probably the longest 30 minutes I've endured, but love for God won out! Thank you both for you Lenten messages.
This is THE BEST explanation and meditation on suffering I’ve ever heard! Key learning for me. I will save this for a reminder . ❤
Agreed!
I used to roll my eyes when my mom said, “offer it up”. I never understood it. We all need this reminder! You gave a deeper dimension to Simon of Cyrene…
I think that even though he was forced to help Jesus one look at him had to be his conversion.
Prayers for all here🙏
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🙏🏻💙Thank you for this, so beautiful and appropriate💙🙏🏻
🙏🏻🙏🏻Appreciation from UK🙏🏻🙏🏻
💜✝️💜Living with mental health issues and physical disabilities since the age of 14 has definitely been incredibly difficult & challenging to say the least but knowing I’m still here surviving so much has made me realise Our Lord has always been with me and needs me to continue on my journey. Even surviving near - death issues Our Lord has brought me through to live another day. I offer everything up to Him and can always feel His presence near me. Blessings & Love, In Christ 💜✝️💜x x
Thank you, Ken and Janelle. We were touched and benefitted by your lenten video. We need to offer our small pain and irritation for our family, our church, and all souls. Thank you again
Thank you for all of your hard work creating these beautiful and thoughtful meditations for Lent. May God bless you and your family during this holy season with all mercies and blessings for your saintly work.
Thank you so much for this wonderful message ❤ Years ago when I had severe si joint pain, it made me look around at others who are suffering too. It wasn’t about me but reaching out to comfort others and help them carry their crosses. I thanked God for bringing me that trial to see clearly. It brought me closer to Him.
Thank you so much for these beautiful thoughts, reminders, encouragement, wisdom, truths and insights. I am carrying a very heavy cross with Mary - the tragic death of my only son - but the amazing thing to me in year 8 is that I struggle with little crosses much more now……….I don’t understand it but I smile at Jesus. God bless you both for all you do.
Thank you for these wonderful lenten reflections. God bless you for the work you do and for the hope you bring to others.
You are so welcome
Thank you Ken and Janelle. I’ll miss your daily lesson. 😞
(Finally went to confession today. Thank you so much for the encouragement to do that) 🤗
Thank you Janelle and Ken for journeying with us this Lenten season. It was very touching and moving. Wish you a Blessed Easter Triduum and a Very Happy Easter to you and to your family.
Oh my goodness, thank you both for these amazing videos during our Lenten journey! You blessed us abundantly along with Father's messages too. I love this video on suffering and the reminder to us how we can win great grace by not fighting it. It is Good Friday and we once again witness the suffering of our innocent Jesus for us & our sins! Lord, I am not worthy but just say the word, and my soul shall be healed. 🙌. God bless you & your family!
Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again🙏
Amen
Thank you both for these daily reflections. ✝️
Please pray for me. I have been fighting my cross as a Father. I try to control too much.
This was an absolutely powerful explanation 🙏🙏 God bless you both👐
I will admit that this can be EXTREMELY hard at times. Thank You guys so much for this video.
My new favorite statement is if you don't want to be yelled at don't yell at anyone ☺️
Thank you for this beautiful Lenten series, God bless you and Father for the messages you have provided us with to ponder. Have a blessed Easter with your beautiful family. God bless you abundantly. 🙏🙏🙏
Wow,...just wow!
I have been duped of a very large sum of money that someone gave me to buy a car for him with... Even before I started the deal I prayed and prayed... I said 20decades of the rosary countless times... I put the whole business to God only for me to get duped... This cross is so heavy for me... I don't even know where to start from or who to talk to... I just feel hopeless... Brethren please I need prayers and strength to be able to carry this cross... Because I am almost giving up... I need prayers , I need someone to talk to...God !!!!
You were trying to do the right thing and someone else did something unholy. In every situation we learn a lot. This situation you learned, too. Some people have unholy intentions. Know that you will be taken care of by God. Go on and live your life. Do the best you can. Pray. Your focus is on God. Everything else is just noise.
Don't give up. God will always bring good things out of bad situations. Trust in the Lord with all your heart on your own intelligence rely not .In all your ways be mindful of Him and He will make straight your path.
Praying for you in your time of need. 🙏💖
Thank you for these videos. It is surprising what we allow ourselves to hear and then go and apply it to our lives. Happy Easter to your family. I will pray for your family in thanksgiving for helping me through lent.
Thank you for teaching us this lent season how to be close to him
Do I fight the cross or embrace it? I normally fight it. Like last week I was suffering and I forgot to offer it to Christ and instead fought it. I was stressed the whole weekend! Things took long to get better! I have leant today, to embrace suffering and offer it to Christ Jesus whos suffered too. As I embrace it, God gives me the grace to endure the suffering. Thank you Ken and Janelle!! Because of you, I am growing in faith and I also managed to go for confession a few weeks ago. I will also go again this week.
Thank-you ❤ God bless you and your family.
Thank you, Ken and Janelle. Blessed Good Friday and a Glorious Easter to you. 🙏🙏🙏
I'm so glad I subscribed to this channel
I must be growing in my faith…I have been following you for almost 3 years. I have felt defeated at times in your past challenges and I just did not understand or “get it”. I felt as if St. Alfonso, Sister Lucy, the other Saints and you just talked over my head. This time I understood and got it! Thank you for challenging me to grow! ❤
Thank you for journeying with us and for sharing. 😀
Thank you for doing these videos.
This was such an excellent video. I will see suffering differently now. Thank you for all of your Lenten videos. I learn so much from you both. May God bless you in your ministry.
But also don't forget He did it out of love, pure and overwhelming love. The wages if our sin was death, yes, but we must never forget the love that held Him on that cross, something the torturous nails could never do. God bless :)
We have hope Simon of Cyrene was converted & kept following Jesus after carrying His cross. He had a son, Rufus, who is mentioned in Paul’s letter to the Romans as an active member of the community. Imagine Simon after the crucifixion, did he stay till the resurrection? Probably, he was there for Passover. Did he hear about it? Maybe. His son & wife are identified as Christians.😊 Blessed Good Friday 🙏❤️
Thank you!
Beautiful!
I needed this ... saved in my "encouragement" file ... Thank you ... may God reward you
Hi, I have a condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia. It's chronic nerve pain that makes life difficult... Sometimes talking or even just crying is hard, coz it's on the face. I want to be able to take it up and offer it to Jesus. I feel like I am getting weak in my mind. I question and feel discouraged. I know Jesus is more hurt with my attitude, but I am unable as I am today. Keep me in your prayers and all those going through chronic pain.
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Praying the Lord gives you help and strength.
April 7, 2023
Hi Dawn👋I just saw you on Fr. Mike’s Catechism. Praying for you🙏❤️
I wonder if Simon of Cyrene ever really understood the privilege he had of carrying our Redeemer's cross in his hands.
How do you accept the cross of having your daughter refuse to leave a violent abuser? How do you accept the pain of watching from afar, unable to intervene in any way, as she is systematically destroyed by a subhuman monster who beat her even while she was pregnant? She is 19! I’d rather die the most painful death possible than live through this.
Praying for you, your daughter and the abuser that the Lord helps this situation. I just heard 'pray to Our Lady of Good Counsel' in my head there.
@@suzannejane1035, thank you. This has been going on for two years. My heart is shattered.
I really do mean no disrespect as I used to be Christian myself but the Christian god does not seem loving in fact he seems sadistic & cruel. Christians always tell us he does stuff for his own glory which seems very egotistical. Like in 2 Samuel 12:14-23 when god lets David’s baby suffer for a week before dying. These type of punishments are disgusting and cruel and the god that sends them certainly cannot be good. Christians always say gods relationship towards us is analogous to a father & child but if a father acted the way god does then he’d be in jail for child abuse. And Catholics believe god preserved Mary from original sin so if he did that for one person why can’t he do it for all people? Then more questions arise like why does a supposedly benevolent god create people whom he knows will end up in hell? or why did god harden the pharaohs heart when he was going to release the Israelites? The biblical god is like a abusive father and Christians are in a toxic relationship with him.
It would be nice that ALL Christian SOULS would enter the kingdom of heaven of Jesus Christ, but on the contrary, the belief is reverse, the true creator of man(SUPREME GOD or LORD) is ANGRY with Jesus Christ and his Father (100%)
Jesus Christ and his Father are NOT GOD or LORD (100%)
The highest Holy Spirit says about that,...
I have a lot of evidences (proof) also,..
@josepio9670 your comment is beyond stupid AND heretical