A Homily from Good Friday
Christ suffered for everyone
This was a homily given at Saint Jude the Apostle Parish in Erie on Good Friday, April 18th, 2025.
On Good Friday, following the homily, we pray the Solemn Intercessions in which we, as Catholics, pray for everyone.
We will pray for the Holy Church, for the Pope, for the Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, and for the whole of the faithful people. We will pray for those who are entering the Church tomorrow at the Easter Vigil (who are known as the Catechumens) all throughout the world.
We will pray for the unity of Christians who are our brothers and sisters who believe in Christ. We will pray for the Jewish People whom the Lord our God spoke to first.
We will pray for those who do not believe in Christ and for those who do not believe in God. We will pray for those in public office and for those in tribulation.
In other words, we pray for everyone today, on this day that Jesus suffered and died on the Cross, which we call Good Friday.
The reason is because of this great teaching of the Catholic Church that is found in the Catechism:
“The Church, following the apostles, teaches that Christ died for all men without exception: ‘There is not, never has been, and never will be a single human being for whom Christ did not suffer.’” (CCC 605)
Let me read this one more time and listen to this truth:
“The Church, following the apostles, teaches that Christ died for all men without exception: ‘There is not, never has been, and never will be a single human being for whom Christ did not suffer.’” (CCC 605)
On this Good Friday, we remember what Jesus did for each of us and that ‘There is not, never has been, and never will be a single human being for whom Christ did not suffer.’” (CCC 605)
Fr. Luke Daghir
