“Good Friday is the most solemn day of the Christian year. Jesus goes before Pilate and is condemned to death, stripped of his garments and whipped beyond torture. Many Catholics in the archdiocese maintain a somber tradition of walking to nine churches in the area, symbolically following in the footsteps of Jesus as he carries his cross to Calvary. Seeing hundreds of local Catholics and others making that annual walk edifies my own faith. This year, the Passion Liturgy at each church will include the proclamation of the passion account from the Gospel of John (18:1-19:42). This is the only day of the year that Mass may not be celebrated. We leave the church in silence, contemplating the agony, death and burial of Jesus.” – Archbishop Aymond
