Pain and the Healing Power of the Cross - Good Friday

This Good Friday sermon reflects on why Christ chose such a painful death and what it reveals about suffering. Rather than avoiding pain, Christ entered fully into it to teach humanity how to endure it. The sermon explores three types of pain—humiliation, relational pain, and physical suffering—and shows how the cross transforms each one. Through Christ’s example and the lives of the saints, believers are called to respond with humility, love, and perseverance. Ultimately, suffering is no longer meaningless but becomes a path to purification, repentance, and deeper union with Christ.