Do you remember the first time you reflected on why Good Friday is called “good”? It happened for Evangeline this week, as she shared with me during school time one morning:

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“Mama, when I was lying in my bed last night I was trying to remember what we call the day that Jesus died. Then I remembered it is called ‘Good Friday,’ but I wondered why? I thought it should be called ‘Bad Friday’. And then I realized it must be called Good Friday because He took our sins away when He died.” 

Question 383 of the Baltimore Catechism Buy Zoloft online declares that the day of Christ’s death is called Good Friday because “by His death He showed His great love for man, and purchased for him every blessing”. buy prednisone online

It’s also interesting to note that in French and other romance languages Good Friday is called Holy Friday. In German they use words that translate to mean Suffering Friday. In Denmark today they call it Long Friday.

While the historical origins of calling Good Friday “good” are unknown, I think I agree with Evangeline. It was a horrible day the day that Jesus died. The cost was great. It had to be in order to bear the weight of shame, guilt and wrath that we deserve. But, in the fact that we are forgiven and reconciled to God through Christ’s death and in the way it perfectly reflected the love of the Father, we call it good.

Here’s one of our family’s favorite Good Friday songs:

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