Christians Use Good Friday To Bring People Together
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Many Christians are observing Good Friday, the day that Jesus was crucified.
Some took the message to the streets of Montgomery. With religion dividing many in the country, what kind of impact did they feel like this had?
The way of the cross service started at St. Peter’s Catholic downtown.
As parishioners sang hymns and pondered the last moments of Christ before he was crucified, even more people filed into the church.
“A lot of young people come, a lot of young people participate. It’s present in New York, it’s present in probably about 50 places in the united states. So we’re not doing this alone,” said Doug Davis with the church.
The group filed out of the church in silence and made their way through downtown, including the the RSA tower and the capitol building.
Traffic stopped as the group followed a black cross.
At each stop, people would ask just what was going on, and some even started to follow the group.
“To be catholic means to be evangelical, it means to share your fait. It means not to be ashamed of the gospel, not to be ashamed of Christ and to always be able to defend your faith when necessary. And this is not about defense. Actually right now we’re being very positive. This is about affirming our faith in Christ,” said Davis.
This is the seventh year that the church has walked the streets of Montgomery on Good Friday. For some, it’s not easy an easy task.
Between loud cars and taking care of kids, it’s easy to get distracted. But for Tom Riello, it’s about bringing people together.
“Part of what we’re doing is uncomfortable. It’s a little warm, it’s a little difficult, the walking, walking with kids, but that’s part of the gesture. The gesture is taking us out of our comfort zone because you do see people looking at you going, what are they doing? Because most people think when they see a gathering like this they say, oh, what are they protesting? We’re not protesting anything,” said Tom Riellow.
