{"id":3535,"date":"2023-04-07T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=3535"},"modified":"2023-04-07T13:49:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:49:03","slug":"good-friday-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=3535","title":{"rendered":"Good Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Good-Friday.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3536\" width=\"109\" height=\"112\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is Good Friday. Good Friday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal triduum (or three days) on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday.<br>On this day, Jesus was crucified \u2014 it is a day of mourning. Good Friday is often referred to as Black Friday. Some people believe the term Good Friday is probably the remainder of what was once called God\u2019s Friday. According to some beliefs, the contradictory word \u201cgood\u201d is used to describe this day because the eventual outcome was good.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several traditions are followed around the world on Good Friday at various places. One tradition that I\u2019ve seen in other countries that I don\u2019t remember seeing here is the ending of the Good Friday service with tolling the church\u2019s bell 33 times. Why 33 times? Because that is the customary age Jesus is believed to have been when he died. According to Luke 3:23 He was about thirty when He began His ministry and John mentions three Passovers during his ministry which brings Him to the age of thirty-three.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One interesting thing about Good Friday is that it\u2019s much older than the celebration of Christmas. Even in the Bible, there is no mention of the of Jesus\u2019 birth but it does specify His crucifixion.\u00a0<br>Good Friday is considered the most somber day of the Christian year.<br>\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Good Friday. Good Friday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal triduum (or three days) on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday.On this day, Jesus was crucified \u2014 it is a day of mourning. Good Friday &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=3535\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3535"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3537,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3535\/revisions\/3537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}