Dear Friends,

Given the events we remember today, is a strange thing to call this Friday “good.” In fact, is it a bold and hopeful thing to say. For in this moment of the deepest pain and loss, when all seems lost, we see the depth of God’s love for us. Our hearts are pierced by the truth of the beloved Son offering Himself to the end so that we might be delivered from sin and death. His absolute and abandoning trust in Our Heavenly Father shows us how the instrument of death becomes the tree of life. May we ever venerate His Holy Cross and place our hope and trust in Him. We adore you O Christ and we praise You, for by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.

From Archbishop Henning.