It Is Finished: Good Friday 2026 (John 18:1-19:37)
A Good Friday sermon on John 18–19. From the garden to Golgotha, one word reorders everything: tetelestai — paid in full.
A Good Friday sermon on John 18–19. From the garden to Golgotha, one word reorders everything: tetelestai — paid in full.
Good Friday stops everything. No flowers, no music, just a bare altar and silence. In this countercultural observance, the worst day in history is called “good”—the day divine love triumphed on the cross.
This season of Lent, so deeply woven into the fabric of Christian worship, carries with it centuries of history, theological development, and spiritual wisdom.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of repentance, fasting, and prayer, in preparation for the great feast of the resurrection.
The Anglican calendar is not an end in itself. It is a means of grace — a structure that orders the Church’s attention toward Christ, week after week and year after year. The feasts celebrate what God has done. The fasts make room for honesty about what we still need.
On Rogation Sunday, we walk the line between effort and surrender that farmers know well, planting in faith, trusting God for the harvest. Jesus promises his abiding presence, the Holy Spirit's guidance, and a peace the world cannot give, anchors for every uncertain season of life.