Jeremy Riley: In a few words

As you read this, I hope you might take a few minutes this Good Friday to read and chew on the words below.  Place yourself at the sites of each biblical scene, and try to picture yourself there.  Here is a piece of music that I hope you turn on in the background as you [...]

  Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have [...]

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded Bernard of Clairvaux O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded with thorns Your only crown, O sacred Head, no glory now from Your face does shine; Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call You mine. Men mock and taunt and jeer [...]

Why is today Good Friday? I try to answer this question with a series of quote that capture the tragic beauty of death by crucifixion. “Consider the price of this ransom, look carefully at this captive. He is the Son of God who is greater than all creation. How will you respond when you hear [...]