Good Friday for Survivors of Abuse
- Rommel Santos
- Oct 1, 2024
- 1 min read
Posted on Arlington Diocese Victim Assistance Website in Spanish and English. April 31, 2012.
Good Friday can be a difficult day for men and women who have been sexually abused, especially when their abusers were priests or others who have authority in the Church. Yet, Good Friday is also a day when all Catholics, including those who have been abused, are drawn together as children of God. It is a good time to be a humble, grateful family.
Good Friday is a day when all Catholics share a sense of unworthiness. We watch our Savior suffer great agony to save us. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by His love. Sometimes it is like we are each a little cup, overflowing with the vision of His great love.
Seeing Jesus suffer for love of us, we draw close to our own suffering. We know He suffers with our sins. We know He suffers with the sins of the world. But we also know He is carrying all our suffering, our illnesses, our trials, and our losses. He carries our painful memories. There is nothing on our hearts Jesus does not carry to Calvary so we may live.
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