Good Friday is just one part of the larger Holy Week that proceeds, with the conclusion marking the end of a 40-day fast ...

No Mass is celebrated on this day, but the service of Good Friday is called the Mass of the Presanctified because Communion (in the species of bread) which had already been consecrated on Holy ...

As this is a day of mourning, Catholics should, if possible, refrain from work and participate in the liturgy. The Church also teaches that Good Friday is a day of fasting and abstinence.

Some point to the Last Supper, where Jesus and his 12 disciples, one of whom betrayed him, dined on a Thursday; the next day, Good Friday, Jesus was crucified. "The seating arrangement at the Last ...

By Dave Markwell Following a work day, and a work day after a work day transferring my brush pile into a dump trailer and a ...