VideoGameJunkie Posted March 25, 2016 Posted March 25, 2016 Is it because they just want to focus on the Resurrection on Easter? Because Good Friday is a pretty important day.
VideoGameJunkie Posted March 26, 2016 Author Posted March 26, 2016 31 minutes ago, thesometimesaint said: What was so good about Good Friday? Christ needed to die so the Resurrection could happen and so He could conquer death. It was necessary and very important. 1
halconero Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 39 minutes ago, thesometimesaint said: What was so good about Good Friday? I hate this sentiment. The Sacrifice for Sin, Death, Pain and Sorrow was good. The scriptures state that it pleased Christ to undertake the fateful day. They state that the prophets rejoiced to see the "Lamb Slain." To answer your question, VGJ, there are no celebrations mandated in Mormonisn save one: the sacrament. A pattern of festivals and holy days was part of the Mosaic pattern of teaching and law. Christ only mandated that the saints were to come together to partake of the emblems of his body and blood. The later celebrations, while not bad in any sense, are nowhere described in scripture and are developments from the Cathodox liturgical calendar. 3
UtahTexan Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 Please do not sweep so widely with your brush. I absolutely observe Good Friday. I said special prayers and watched "The Passion of the Christ" At 3pm, I had a special moment of silence. I worked...but I did not do my typical Friday Gym Visit. So...some of us actually honor the day Christ died for all of us. 3
carbon dioxide Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 Every Friday is good for me. I don't have to work. 2
Duncan Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 I didn't go camping or hiking so it was very good for me-hiking is a walk that sucks and don't get me started on camping
JAHS Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 More important than what day something happened is what happened. I think our Sunday celebration is enough to remember both his sacrifice and resurrection at the same time.
UtahTexan Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 Maybe....but dying for all of us is it's own special gift. Rising so we might all live is just as special. They both deserve their moment. He did not say, "I want to cram it all in one day so Mormons can mock Good Friday, so I will die and rise all in one day"
strappinglad Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 TRADITIONNNNNN .........TRADITION! There is nothing wrong with creating your own personal or family tradition around Easter. Having spent 2 Easters in Central America , I was quite impressed with all the Catholic traditions surrounding Holy Week. I suppose General Conference is a tradition around that time. Family and missionary reunions happen around then. It's not our fault that Easter moves around the calendar like it does. 1
Ahab Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 3 hours ago, VideoGameJunkie said: Is it because they just want to focus on the Resurrection on Easter? Because Good Friday is a pretty important day. 3 hours ago, VideoGameJunkie said: Is it because they just want to focus on the Resurrection on Easter? Because Good Friday is a pretty important day. Considering the time zones it should actually be a happy Thursday for me. And it was a very happy Thursday for me.
Rivers Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 3 hours ago, VideoGameJunkie said: Is it because they just want to focus on the Resurrection on Easter? Because Good Friday is a pretty important day. Because we're boring. 1
Bernard Gui Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 (edited) We are free to do whatever we want. Our region produces an Easter musical oratorio on the two Sundays before Easter every year. For the past three years, it was Gardner's Lamb of God. Individuals and families can make their own traditions including doing something special on Friday. Edited March 26, 2016 by Bernard Gui 2
Robert F. Smith Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 8 hours ago, VideoGameJunkie said: Is it because they just want to focus on the Resurrection on Easter? Because Good Friday is a pretty important day. I celebrated it deliberately earlier this evening by going with a friend and some children to see a wonderful film, "Miracles from Heaven." It is a true story, and was very moving. I recommend it to anyone who feels cynical or bored with ordinary everyday life. Many of us just don't realize how blessed we are, until we see real suffering. 1
The Nehor Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 I complained when I did not get a day off from work for it.
Stargazer Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 38 minutes ago, The Nehor said: I complained when I did not get a day off from work for it. My wife gets the day off, as it is a "bank holiday" in Britain.
Hamba Tuhan Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 Define 'celebrate'. As I mentioned earlier today in this post, our ward had a Good Friday breakfast at the lake yesterday, with about 12 non-members joining us. 1
thesometimesaint Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 18 hours ago, halconero said: I hate this sentiment. The Sacrifice for Sin, Death, Pain and Sorrow was good. The scriptures state that it pleased Christ to undertake the fateful day. They state that the prophets rejoiced to see the "Lamb Slain." To answer your question, VGJ, there are no celebrations mandated in Mormonisn save one: the sacrament. A pattern of festivals and holy days was part of the Mosaic pattern of teaching and law. Christ only mandated that the saints were to come together to partake of the emblems of his body and blood. The later celebrations, while not bad in any sense, are nowhere described in scripture and are developments from the Cathodox liturgical calendar. Good Friday is about the arrest, torture, and death of God. Easter is about his Resurrection. 1
3DOP Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 (edited) 19 hours ago, VideoGameJunkie said: Is it because they just want to focus on the Resurrection on Easter? Because Good Friday is a pretty important day. It has taken nearly 2,000 years for non-Restored Christianity to develop its calendar. The traditional Easter Triduum which I follow was significantly revised in 1955. The disciplinary laws of penance have been much further relaxed since Vatican II. My point is that if the people who began to celebrate Good Friday are still working on it, maybe you should wait a millenium or two to see what the one true church you have chosen eventually does? Patience, your church isn't even 200 years old yet. Have you considered the difficulties involved with saying that Christ was crucified on a Friday? How and why apart from non-Restored Traditions does one believe that? Does your faith agree with Catholics against the many Protestants who deny that Christ was crucified on Friday and rose on Sunday? Do you think the LDS should officially adopt the Catholic way of making three days and three nights add up to a lot less than 72 hours? Edited March 26, 2016 by 3DOP 1
Robert F. Smith Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 19 hours ago, halconero said: .............................................................. To answer your question, VGJ, there are no celebrations mandated in Mormonisn save one: the sacrament. A pattern of festivals and holy days was part of the Mosaic pattern of teaching and law. Christ only mandated that the saints were to come together to partake of the emblems of his body and blood. The later celebrations, while not bad in any sense, are nowhere described in scripture and are developments from the Cathodox liturgical calendar. There are a number of both esoteric and exoteric sacraments in Mormonism, the weekly Sacrament of the Lord's Supper being the most prominent and celebratory (of the slain Passover Lamb in the person of Christ Jesus). However, just last Sunday we in Utah celebrated the dedication of another temple (Provo City Center Temple), and those of us present participated in the Hosanna Shout, as important as the Trisagion in what you call Cathodox liturgy, and as a key component in a temple dedication service. Inside such temples we continue to celebrate other esoteric rituals of cosmic import (Baptism, Confirmation, Ordination, Washing, Anointing, Endowment, and Sealing).
Scott Lloyd Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 16 hours ago, Bernard Gui said: We are free to do whatever we want. Our region produces an Easter musical oratorio on the two Sundays before Easter every year. For the past three years, it was Gardner's Lamb of God. Individuals and families can make their own traditions including doing something special on Friday. Indeed. We can also regard out Easter Sunday observance as applying to all of the things Good Friday is intended to observe. For the record, I observed Good Friday by gathering with several members of my stake to watch -- and sing along with -- the live Internet feed of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's performance of Handel's "Messiah." What, traditionally, does a Good Friday observance entail? I'll pose that question to VGJ, as he opened this thread. 1
VideoGameJunkie Posted March 26, 2016 Author Posted March 26, 2016 32 minutes ago, Scott Lloyd said: Indeed. We can also regard out Easter Sunday observance as applying to all of the things Good Friday is intended to observe. For the record, I observed Good Friday by gathering with several members of my stake to watch -- and sing along with -- the live Internet feed of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's performance of Handel's "Messiah." What, traditionally, does a Good Friday observance entail? I'll pose that question to VGJ, as he opened this thread. Remembering that the Easter Bunny died on Friday and started the chain reaction to conquer death and resurrect on Sunday. I mean, Jesus, not the Easter Bunny. I think Mormons don't celebrate Good Friday because they don't want to focus on the cross. 1
ChristKnight Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Scott Lloyd said: Indeed. We can also regard out Easter Sunday observance as applying to all of the things Good Friday is intended to observe. For the record, I observed Good Friday by gathering with several members of my stake to watch -- and sing along with -- the live Internet feed of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's performance of Handel's "Messiah." What, traditionally, does a Good Friday observance entail? I'll pose that question to VGJ, as he opened this thread. Catholics celebrate Good Friday with a solemn liturgy of the Lord's passion and death. This liturgy involves three parts: in the Liturgy of the Word, we read the scriptures related to the suffering and death of Jesus Christ, from both the Old and New Testaments (you may read those scriptures here). When we reach the moment where Jesus dies, all kneel in silence and reflect on that solemn, sacred moment in time. There is also the Liturgy of the Presanctified, where we partake of already consecrated bread and wine (as opposed to bread and wine consecrated during the liturgy). Finally, there is the veneration of the cross, where we may venerate a crucifix, meditating on Christ's sacrifice for us. Catholic parishes also often have a meditation on the last seven words of Jesus Christ (and of course you can do that on your own). You can read about that here. Hope that helps. Edited March 26, 2016 by ChristKnight 1
Scott Lloyd Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 46 minutes ago, VideoGameJunkie said: Remembering that the Easter Bunny died on Friday and started the chain reaction to conquer death and resurrect on Sunday. I mean, Jesus, not the Easter Bunny. I think Mormons don't celebrate Good Friday because they don't want to focus on the cross. I know a good many Mormons, and frankly, the conversation has never come up in conversation with them.
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