Friday the 13th; total opposite of bad luck!

On Friday the 13th many people, jokingly or seriously, observe a day of potential bad luck to overcome them. As it is always wise to avoid potential dangers, people tend to be slightly more aware of them on a day like Friday the 13th. When bad things happen on this day, it is even blamed on the date.
Very interestingly, Friday the 13th is a day originally observed in countries which have a society based on Christian values and morals (even if the country in question does not inhabit a lot of Christians). With Westernization, this 'tradition' has kind of spread around the globe, but that is beside my point.
What I already hinted at is the connection there is with Friday the 13th and Christianity. In what way exactly are these connected? you may think. Well, allow me to give a brief history on the 'tradition' of Friday the 13th.

In the Bible, in Exodus, the 'exodus' (or escape) of the Israelites out of Egypt is described. This became a celebration observed annually by the Jews. On the 10th of the 1st month (which was March!) a lamb was to be selected. A few days later, on the evening of the 13th day (which was the beginning of the 14th of the month), the lamb was to be slaughtered and eaten. This was the celebration of Pascha, or Easter. The duration of the celebration was two days, because it depended on full moon, which couldn't always be pointed out very precisely (sometimes it was full moon during daytime, for example).
So when Jesus was going to celebrate Pascha with his apostles, it was actually the 12th of the month (on the Thursday evening), when he celebrated the first day of Pascha. This was because the 14th would be on the Saturday, which was a sabbath (a day on which no works were to be done). On this day, at the beginning of the 13th, he celebrated Pascha and afterwards he was captured. The day after, on Friday the 13th, he was sentenced with death and crucified.
This is the reason Friday the 13th became a day on which bad luck was said to overcome the people.

However, as a Christian, Friday the 13th should not be a bad luck day. On the contrary, it should be a day for celebration. A day to observe the great mercy God gave us! On a Friday the 13th, God offered His Son for us, to release us from the evil that had us all die. He took the death away from us by having His Son pay for our sins.
If Friday the 13th should be observed; His great mercy shall be the thing to celebrate.

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*~Maria