Jennifer Fallon (famous Australian author) was asked by her grandson why it was called Good Friday and despite her Catholic upbringing she could not answer it with any certainty, neither can I for that matter having been brought up in the same tradition.
Its also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday or Black Friday dependant on the country it is celebrated in. A quick search of the Internets most commonly gives us either
1. An archaic meaning of “good” as in something akin to “holy.” Thus, it used to mean “Holy Friday”, or an archaic meaning of “good” = “God,” i.e. ”good-bye” means “God be with you.” Thus, it used to mean “God’s Friday.”
2. It was recognized that the evils of that day lead to the greatest good, the salvation of mankind. Thus, despite the
bad, the day was truly good.
Personally I find it good in that I don’t have to work.
So today I have yelled at the stupid letters and christian propaganda in the paper. Eaten meat at every opportunity and played 3-4 hours of Resistance 2. Still debating whether of not I should watch the christian gore porn that is The
Passion…
If you are getting holidays where you are enjoy them.
And on a note to the regulars, next week some time I will be setting off on a cross country camping trip so you may be getting some canned posts as the mobile Internet may be sketchy and expensive where I am going
P.S. The Cartoon is by See Mike Draw please check out the rest of his work.
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I made the mistake of saying something similar at work yesterday and was promptly scolded by a couple of Catholic co-workers. One almost never goes to church but still felt like this steaming pile was worth defending.
One of the reasons I left Catholicism couldn't stand the hypocracy
After being rudely awoken by my neighbours stereo on full blast at 7am, I wandered over to my parents' place to observe this traditional day of fasting and penitence by forgoing meat in favour of simple seafood dishes such as fresh prawns and mudcrabs, served with my mum's home-made seafood sauce. Washed down with rum. And followed by beef kebabs for dinner.
My parents are kind of nominally Catholic in a way that mostly seems to involve not going to church, disagreeing with almost everything the Vatican says, drinking large amounts of alcohol, and not being Protestant.
[shrugs]
Hope you have a good holiday.
Sounds nice I had home made gnocchi with onion, sun dried tomato and bacon (which the wife threw in cause it was good friday
You parents sound like mine
Man! Now I'M hungry!
Hope you found something nice to eat:D
I was very bored yesterday (It's Black Saturday here now). I had to go to my in-laws cause my wife wants to do the Stations of the Cross in her old church, and to join the procession later in the evening. At least she didn't go get crucified. Catholics in the Philippines are weird.
Aparently the Australian radio presenter John Safran had himself crucified in the Phillipines this year? I can only think he did it to prove it wasn't that big a deal=/
It's not a big deal locally, except that it gives the attention whores a chance to bask in glory with the international media.
Hi Gang,
You may be interested in what I posted about crosses. I feel that the Christians should at least get the design correct . . . but then. Heck, if they are so busy proclaiming Christ being crucified, they could at least get the day of the week correct. Its one thing to create a myth, but its even worse when you keep getting the myth wrong.
I don't think historical accuracy is high on their list:)