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Friday, April 3, 2015

GOOD FRIDAY: THE PASSION OF OUR LORD

The Holy Father presides over the Celebration of the Passion of our Lord.



Papal preacher: Passion continues today as world ignores persecution
Widespread indifference to the violent persecution of Christians and other communities suggests the world is full of Pontius Pilates who eagerly wash their hands of all responsibility, the papal preacher said.
How many times the world witnesses other examples of "ecce homo" -- "behold the man" with so many "prisoners that find themselves in the same situation as Jesus in Pilate's Pretorium: alone, shackled, tortured, at the mercy of rough soldiers filled with hate," Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa said during the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion.
"Jesus is in agony until the end of the world in every man and woman who is subjected to his same torments" he said in his homily during the April 3 service in St. Peter's Basilica.
Presided over by Pope Francis, the service commemorates Christ's death on the cross.
The pope began the rite after a silent procession down the central nave. Two assistants helped him kneel to lie prostrate on the floor before the main altar in silent prayer, a sign of adoration and penance.
During the veneration of the cross, after the homily, the pope removed his red chasuble and, in a sign of penance, placed a red stole over his shoulders, bowed three times and kissed the cross. Deacons, cardinals, bishops and religious then processed before the cross to genuflect and then kiss Christ's feet.
Following tradition, the homily was delivered by Father Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household.
He said the continued carnage in the world, including the "homicidal violence" against Christians and others shows the continued cruelty of which humanity is capable.
The Capuchin priest recalled that one Italian commentator had "the courage to denounce the disturbing indifference of world institutions and public opinion" concerning the current wave of people being persecuted for their faith.
"All of us -- organizations and people of the western world -- risk being Pilates who wash their hands," he said.
Also read: Pope Francis: 'Jesus Loves Us Without Limits'

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