Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Jewish observance of Passover. Profoundly inspirational good friday quotes will get you through anything when the going gets tough and help you succeed in every aspect of life.
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Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith. W.H. Auden
It is the resurrection that makes Good Friday good. Ravi Zacharias
If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since He took the most horrific death to redeem us, He showed us in fact that suffering and pain have great power. E.A Bucchianeri
He drained the cup of God’s wrath bone dry, leaving not a drop for us to drink. Richard Allen Bodey
Easter is a time when God turned the inevitability of death into the invincibility of life. Craig D. Lounsbrough
What is good about Good Friday? Why isn’t it called Bad Friday? Because out of the appallingly bad came what was inexpressibly good. And the good trumps the bad, because though the bad was temporary, the good is eternal. Randy Alcorn
Good Friday was when the Good was crucified but then on Easter, the Good arose back. So wait to realize that be it God or be it human the good never perishes it rises above. Amit Abraham
Practice mercy and forgiveness throughout as a lesson that symbolizes the love shown through his crucifixion. Unarine Ramaru
Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf in springtime. Martin Luther
The Cross! There, and there only though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave; There and there only, is the power to save. William Cowper
So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty to Him in the days of His darkness, for the time when we shall enter into His triumph in the days of His light. Philip Ledyard Cuyler
Good Friday is a day of sorrow mingled with joy. It is a time to grieve over the sin of man and to meditate and rejoice upon God’s love in giving His only Son for the redemption of sin. David Katski
Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death. Soren Kierkegaard
Good Friday is a day of hope. It is a day where we look forward to a brighter tomorrow. Many things have happened to change the course of our lives, but it has not shaken our faith. Rev Dr Peola Hicks
Death is the justification of all the ways of the Christian, the last end of all his sacrifices, the touch of the Great Master which completes the picture. Madame Anne Sophie Swetchine
Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday. Fulton J. Sheen
It was inevitable that Jesus Christ should be crucified. It was also inevitable that He should rise again. H. R. L. Sheppard
We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it. James Gibbons
Stoning prophets and erecting churches to their memory afterward has been the way of the world through the ages. Today we worship Christ, but the Christ in the flesh we crucified. Mahatma Gandhi
Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. William Penn
The Cross was the manifestation of Divine love without reserve or limit; but it was also the expression of man’s unutterable malignity. Sir Robert Anderson
Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love, and at this hour millions of men would die for Him. Napoleon Bonaparte
Good Friday is the mirror held up by Jesus so that we can see ourselves in all our stark reality, and then it turns us to that cross and to his eyes and we hear these words, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. That’s us! Robert G. Trache
The word Christianity is already a misunderstanding in reality, there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross. Friedrich Nietzsche
God did not bear the cross only 1900 years ago, but he bears it today, and he dies and is resurrected from day to day. It would be poor comfort to the world if it had to depend upon a historical God who died 2000 years ago. Do not then preach the God of history, but show Him as He lives today through you. Mahatma Gandhi
The Cross was the manifestation of Divine love without reserve or limit, but it was also the expression of man’s unutterable malignity. Sir Robert Anderson
Stoning prophets and erecting churches to their memory afterwards has been the way of the world through the ages. Today we worship Christ, but the Christ in the flesh we crucified. Mahatma Gandhi
By the cross, we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more servants, but sons! Frederic William Farrar
At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him. Martin Luther
Practice mercy and forgiveness throughout as a lesson that symbolizes the love shown through his crucifixion. Unarine Ramaru
It was inevitable that Jesus Christ should be crucified. It was also inevitable that He should rise again. H. R. L. Sheppard
Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The dripping blood our only drink,The bloody flesh our only food In spite of which we like to thinkThat we are sound, substantial flesh and blood Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good. T.S. Eliot
The lesson of Good Friday is to never lose hope or at least give it 48 hours. Robert Breault
If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since He took the most horrific death to redeem us, He showed us in fact that suffering and pain have great power. E.A. Bucchianeri
Good Friday. Way of the Cross. Fasting and abstinence. Examine conscience. Have a really blessed day. Nevez Rhanny
Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death. Soren Kierkegaard
God proved his love on the cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, I love you. Billy Graham
All of heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, hell afraid of it, while men are the only ones to ignore its meaning. Oswald Chambers
Catholics often choose Good Friday which is a day of fast to strengthen their faith, to repent for their wrongdoings and to forgive those who have wronged them. Fr Alvito Fernandes
It is the resurrection that makes Good Friday good. Ravi Zacharias
The concept of substitution lies at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. John Stott
What is good about Good Friday? Why isn’t it called Bad Friday? Because out of the appallingly bad came what was inexpressibly good. And the good trumps the bad, because though the bad was temporary, the good is eternal. Randy Alcorn
Good Friday is not about us trying to get right with God. It is about us entering the difference between God and humanity and just touching it for a moment. Touching the shimmering sadness of humanity’s insistence that we can be our own gods, that we can be pure and all powerful. Nadia Bolz Weber
Good Friday is a day of sorrow mingled with joy. It is a time to grieve over the sin of man and to meditate and rejoice upon God’s love in giving His only Son for the redemption of sin. David Katski
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. William Penn
Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday. Fulton Sheen
In truth,there was only one christian and he died on the cross. Friedrich Nietzsche
Good Friday is the mirror held up by Jesus so that we can see ourselves in all our stark reality, and then it turns us to that cross and to his eyes and we hear these words, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. That’s us! Robert Trache
Our old history ends with the cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. Watchman Nee
Catholics often choose Good Friday which is a day of fast to strengthen their faith, to repent for their wrongdoings and to forgive those who have wronged them. Fr Alvito Fernandes
Think of everything you’ve ever experienced that was painful; that’s the meaning of Good Friday. Think of all the ways that love ultimately healed your heart; that’s the meaning of Easter. Marianne Williamson
Good Friday is not about us trying to get right with God. It is about us entering the difference between God and humanity and just touching it for a moment. Nadia Bolz Weber
The beauty of the cross and our crucified Lord cannot be easily fathomed by human mind or by barely reading scriptures in bits, but by careful reading of entire scripture in the spirit which will in turn engulf one with wisdom and love. Henrietta Newton Martin
Think of everything you’ve ever experienced that was painful; that’s the meaning of Good Friday. Think of all the ways that love ultimately healed your heart; that’s the meaning of Easter. Marianne Williamson
The cross was two pieces of dead wood; and a helpless, unresisting Man was nailed to it; yet it was mightier than the world, and triumphed, and will ever triumph over it. Augustus William Hare
The beauty of the cross and our crucified Lord cannot be easily fathomed by human mind or by barely reading scriptures in bits, but by careful reading of entire scripture in the spirit which will, in turn, engulf one with wisdom and love. Henrietta Newton Martin
Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible, it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith. W.H Auden
Our old history ends with the cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. Watchman Nee
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is the wonder of our Saviour’s crucifixion. Phillips Brooks
To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living. John Henry Newman
So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty to Him in the days of His darkness, for the time when we shall enter into His triumph in the days of His light. Phillips Brooks
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is the wonder of our Saviour’s crucifixion. Phillips Brooks
Jesus sacrificed His life so that we may enter Heaven through Him. That is such a powerful sacrifice; He set aside His diety to be flesh on Earth, and without doing any wrong, He was killed and His blood was shed for us. Melanie Yardley
It has been the cross which has revealed to good men that their goodness has not been good enough. Johann Hieronymus Schroder
By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more servants, but sons!. Frederic William Farrar
2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change. Douglas Adams
In this sublime hour, therefore, He calls all His children to the pulpit of the Cross, and every word He says to them is set down for the purpose of an eternal publication and an undying consolation. Fulton J. Sheen
