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Good Friday is a sad and dark day. Jesus was sentenced to death. In Norway the name isn’t Good Friday, but Long Friday.
Good Friday is a quiet day, at least in the churches. In earlier times, here in Norway, it was a strange holiday day, where the usual goal was to do as little work as possible; this was a day of hard labor. They wanted to feel the pain in the body similar to Jesus’ suffering so many years before.
The day is sad and dark. But still there is some light. What happened, that Jesus died, makes the day filled with quiet joy and thanks because he died loving us all.
Read more from the gospel after John, John 18:1-19:30.
