Why is it called Good Friday? Jesus died on Good Friday, I would hardly call the death of someone 'good'. I never understood that.
He was a **** and no one liked him? Is it not that that was the day he died for "our sins" which pretty much cleared everyone? i dont care enough to know, this is just a guess.
The passion story told today was from the Gospel of St John. It explained the actions of Jesus as a great victory in fulfillment of the scriptures. That is pretty good ain't it? I think it comes from God Friday and just changed over time.
Well, on the Thursday before Easter each year, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II distributes the Royal Maundy in a cathedral somewhere in England. Men and women to the number of her age each receive that number of pence in specially minted Maundy coins (pennies, twopences, threepences and fourpences), plus a sum in ordinary money. These days, the monarch no longer ceremonially washes the feet of the poor â the last one to do so was James II â but this, and not the giving of money, is the origin of the strange word Maundy, which never appears anywhere except in reference to the Thursday before Easter. This day commemorates the Last Supper, in which, after the ceremony of washing their feet, Jesus gave a new commandment to his disciples that they should love one another. In Latin ânew commandmentâ is mandatum novum (the first word is also the origin of mandate); on Maundy Thursday in Roman Catholic churches the anthem Mandatum novum do vobis (âa new commandment I give to youâ, the start of verse 13:34 in St Johnâs gospel) would be sung, in particular following the royal ceremony of washing feet and giving alms. As a result, the ceremony became known as mandatum. The Old French version of that word is mandé and over time it became corrupted into maundy, in my opinion. Don't mention it.
Cheers Psychosomatic, by the way. You should change your name to The Oracle. The Gay Oracle actually, that has a nice ring to it
Good. A well deserved victory for yours truly. Get it right up you, Rebel. I couldn't savour my victory for long, however, because some intellectually insecure low-life bastard stole my words (to Jip) and tried to pass them off as their own. People on the internet are pathetic. I'm through with it, that's me done. Disgusting. Dis. Gusting. I think that name would really suit me, Jip, thanks. Blushing (and excited) here. The Gay Oracle. (Can't wait to tell mummy.)
Good Friday has **** all to do with JC. It was named after the good Friday agreement, when Paddy Pendes boys were told to "**** up, or you're in a united Ireland". This is the word of the Lord
