K: Happy Good Friday, Tony
Me: What?
K: I said Happy Good Friday
Me: Dude, Good Friday is not Happy Good Friday
K: But it's good, right?
Me: Ya, Jesus saved us from sin so it was kinda good for the world. But he was crucified too, remember?
K: But you call it Good Friday. And confuse the heck out of people
Me: Well, it's good because Christians believe Jesus died for people's sins. And when we remember his death more than 2000 years ago, we are inspired to lead better, sin-free lives
K: But he still died. That's a sad thing, isn't it?
Me: Ya, but sometimes good stuff can come from sad things
K: So why isn't Good Friday happy too?
Me: Are you ever happy when people die? The fact that Jesus died is sad but then Christians believe that good came out of it. But people are happy on Easter, when Jesus rose from the dead
K: So you are saying I can wish you Happy Easter but not Happy Good Friday
Me: Exactly
K: Does it offend Christians if I wish them Happy Good Friday
Me: Not really. It sounds weird though. But I guess you took the trouble to remember it's an important day for us, so I should be happy
K: So you can be happy on Good Friday?
Me: Well, not really. I am fasting today and you are eating icecream. How can that make me happy?
(This blog post was first published on 'Good Friday'- April 7, 2007)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
Perhaps it’s genetic. Maybe I was distracted when the angels were imparting crucial life skills just before pushing us down womb chutes. I m...
-
"Let's drive down to Ahmedabad," said my brother, the driving enthusiast in the family. "Shut up! We’re not going on a ...
-
Meet my friend Internet. He's a fun guy and loves spending time with everyone. And believe me, everyone loves him too. I bet he can brin...
-
Again in Leon . And using the opportunity to brush up my rusty Spanish as we roam the ancient city. A woman on the airport bus correctly gu...
-
Perhaps my most abiding memory of last week's trip to Darjeeling and Sikkim is that of taxi drivers obsessively cleaning their cabs....
-
Woof! My name is Sheena and I live with my mistress in an apartment on the seventh floor. She’s a nice human and I am quite happy living ...
-
When I was growing up in New Delhi, Mona didi was always the cool, big sister -- the better half of the "MonoTony" of neighbourin...
-
It seems hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, before the flash floods hit Kashmir, the Dal Lake in Srinagar was teeming with care...
-
November 1965. The second India-Pakistan war had ended. Mankind had yet to conquer the moon. A group of schoolgirls (seven of them from Infa...
-
4321 by Paul Auster My rating: 4 of 5 stars "4 3 2 1" is the coming-of-age tale of Archie Ferguson, with four dramatically diff...
hahaha....sounds like one of the many conversations i have had..apart frm the fasting part though..
ReplyDeleteTo tell the truth, I didn't fast this year. I had a shift in office and was too hungry to resist having lunch. :)
ReplyDeleteto tell you the truth, i never fast! a wasnt even aware that one was suppose to fast untill a couple of years back!
ReplyDelete