Enaje, who is portraying Jesus Christ, is raised on a wooden cross by a group of men playing Roman soldiers during a Good Friday crucifixion re-enactment in San Pedro CutudReuters 
Enaje, who is portraying Jesus Christ, is raised on a wooden cross by a group of men playing Roman soldiers during a Good Friday crucifixion re-enactment in San Pedro CutudReuters 
Penitents hang on wooden crosses during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in San Fernando, Pampanga in northern Philippines April 18, 2014. Nearly 20 Filipinos and a Danish filmmaker were nailed to crosses to re-enact the crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday, a practice the Roman Catholic Church frowns upon as a distortion of the Easter message.Reuters File
Good Friday is one of the most solemn days in the Christian calendar, marked to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus, his passion and suffering.
It falls on the Friday before Easter Sunday and Christians mark the day with fasting and prayers.
At church services on Friday, Jesus' crucifixion will be marked with solemn hymns, while many worshippers will also carry out processions re-enacting the crucifixion through the ritual of Stations of the Cross.
In some churches and homes, a black cloth will be used to cover the cross and statues, to signify mourning.
Important Quotes and Sayings for Good Friday 2015:
Life is a precious gift, but we realize this only when we give it to others." – Pope Francis
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son."– John 3:16
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
We want to avoid suffering, death, sin, ashes. But we live in a world crushed and broken and torn, a world God Himself visited to redeem. We receive his poured-out life, and being allowed the high privilege of suffering with Him, may then pour ourselves out for others." – Elisabeth Ellio
Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die'. - John 11:25-26
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
Important Prayers and Wishes for Good Friday 2015
Merciful God, release us from the time of trial and oppression that we may witness to the eternal hope of grief becoming joy and life rising from death. Amen."
Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. In you, O LORD, I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame. In your justice rescue me. Into your hands I commend my spirit; you will redeem me, O LORD, O faithful God." - Psalm 31
I am the witness to his fearless death. I am a token of his last promise. Forgiveness. I am the Cross. Blessings on Good Friday."
It's Good Friday. Good because 2000 years ago the events of today prove that we matter to God.
"On this Good Friday may we never forget the true meaning of Easter – 'For when He was on the cross, I was on His mind."
Good Friday. Way of the Cross. Fasting and abstinence. Examine conscience. Have a really blessed day."
