Good Friday

A time for reflection

Sir, – The death of Jesus, commemorated by Christians today, is not just an historical event but is a reminder to our world that the God who suffered and died on a ignominious cross two thousand years ago still suffers in our world.

This crucified God is not to be found in the world of those searching for the miraculous but in the lives of the majority of the world’s innocent people who continue to suffer deprivation and violence in an unjust world. – Yours, etc,

BRENDAN BUTLER,

Drumcondra,

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Dublin 9.