Good Fridays

A few months ago here in Baghdad during a spike in deaths among our own, our small group of ministerial brothers together decided to set aside Fridays for prayer. Some of us fast a meal or two, some gather in our chapels at a certain hour, and some quietly pray in our offices. We invite anyone anywhere to join us. Friday is significant as a day of contrition considering it was the day of Christ's death. Sundays are for resurrection, Fridays are for death; Sundays for standing, Fridays for kneeling; Sundays for strength, Fridays for weakness; Sunday a feast, Friday a fast. As ancient and biblical as any cycle of prayer, the week witnesses to our union with the life of Christ come into the world's moments of life and death. Pray with us for peace in our time.