What does Good Friday mean to you?

[the_bob_delusion]

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[jenni200011]

It is a day of quiet rest and not doing any major work..Also not eating meat and we will have fish for dinner..We have also enjoyed the traditional hot cross buns that i only buy at easter no matter how long the shops sell them prior to today..

[j*oono]

I had forgotten about the no meat thing when I did my shopping so I just strolled to the Gozzie markets and bought some prawns for tonight.

We always have fish or seafood on Good Friday.  It's not so much about religion as tradition, but there could be a little bit of that old Catholic guilt thrown in too.

The disciples were fishermen.

[bramblehedge]

That's funny and so cute 

[spotweldersfriend]

Only about 36 weeks till the Christmas break.This is what Good Friday means to me

[*crikey*mate*]

every Friday is a Good Friday if you have the weekend off

[ten*teeny*tiny*toes]

[2106greencat]

What I have never really understood is -

Jesus was born on 25 December - same day every year right ?

And yet 25 years later - when he was crucified (or hot cross bunned for joono) we have the anniversary of this decided by the phase of the moon as there were no calandars back then?  25 years later ?

Any idea's on this one, coz none of the really friendly door knockers could ever explain it to me.

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@2106greencat wrote:

What I have never really understood is -

Jesus was born on 25 December - same day every year right ? No, that's not right - he wasn't born anywhere near December. But, having said that, isn't your birthday on the same date every year?

And yet 25 years later - when he was crucified (or hot cross bunned for joono) we have the anniversary of this decided by the phase of the moon as there were no calandars back then?  Yes, there were Calendars back then - just not the Gregorian Calendar. 25 years later ? What 25 years?? If you mean when he died,  it was 33.5 years later.

Any idea's on this one, coz none of the really friendly door knockers could ever explain it to me.

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[*crikey*mate*]

but whatever day He died on 33 1/2 years aftwer he was born, isn't that the same day every year?

[*crikey*mate*]

Cats, I reckon they have to move the date around, cos he has to die on a Friday.