{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":""Walking with the Lord in Holy Week - Presentation #3 - Good Friday","description":"This is the 3rd of four presentations given at a Parish Mission on March 9-12, 2015 for Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church in Green Valley, Arizona.\r\nCarrying his Cross for the salvation of the world, the Lord reveals two key insights for Christians:\r\n\r\nSacrifice\r\nSupport\r\n\r\nSACRIFICE - giving up something for the sake of something more important - becomes self evident as the Lord offers his life as a perfect offering.  Innocent and without sin, he takes our place and helps us to recognize our own sacrifices as a participation in his Cross.\r\nSUPPORT appears when we look at two familiar figures in the Stations of the Cross - Simon of Cyrene and Veronica.  We read about Simon in the Scriptures, and Veronica has been a part of the tradition of this devotional prayer for centuries; both of them show that even the smallest of actions proclaims the value of human life in our relationships with one another.  Running toward suffering and sacrifice, we can (like a Firefighter) be agents in great and small ways for compassion, mercy, and tenderness.\r\nMarch 11, 2015 - Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church - Green Valley, AZ\r\nFr. Andrew Ricci\r\nstudyprayserve.com\r\nFor more podcasts go to www.threegreatthings.libsyn.com or "Catholic Inspiration" in iTunes.","author_name":"Catholic Inspiration","author_url":"http:\/\/threegreatthings.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"