Witnessing for justice on Good Friday

Chicago Good Friday walk

Across the country on Good Friday, Catholics prayed for justice and remembered the suffering of Jesus at liturgies, walks and stations of the cross. From California to Massachusetts, our members participated in walks organized by Churches and social justice groups which prayerfully remembered the crosses borne by so many in our world.

In the walk organized by 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago, CTA young adults wrote and read the prayer at station 5. They remembered the LGBT people who face mob violence and exile and who feel they walk alone. The group prayed for the courage to step out of the crowd and stand with the marginalized. Other stations in the walk witnessed to the violence of warfare, torture and environmental destruction and prayed for resurrection and healing in our world.

At a similar walk in Detroit, CTA young adults at the 9th station lifted up the stories of LGBT workers and the communities hurt by discrimination. Meg, who shares her writing on Young Adult Catholics blog, said "The Stations of the Cross in Detroit [...] takes you to different locations that relate to each of the stations. It reminds us that the Stations of the Cross is not just something that happened to Jesus a long time ago in a distant country, but it is also happening here in Detroit and everywhere, everyday." In front of the Archdiocesan offices they remembered the pain of the cross and the sin of discrimination. What a beautiful and prayerful way to enter into the Easter story!