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Bank and USPS Schedules for Good Friday

Good Friday means that Easter’s just around the corner; and for many, it means figuring out what exactly is open such as banks or the post office.

Technically, Good Friday is not a designated federal holiday, as such banks are not required by law to close. It is also not a USPS holiday.

The good news is that business can go on as usual on Good Friday. For those who have last minute banking or postal needs, there is no worry about holiday closings. Generally banks are open on Good Friday. The United States Postal Service operates as well. The same goes for the Monday following Easter.

However, some banks do observer Good Friday and Easter Monday. The laws vary from state to state depending on where one lives. It is considered a state holiday in some states such as Hawaii and Indiana.

Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. It also marks the culmination of events in Holy Week including the Last Supper, Palm Sunday and the washing of the disciples’ feet by Jesus.

For the most accurate information about bank closings, one should call one’s local bank ahead of time. The United States Postal service is open too, despite a new call for stopping mail service on Saturdays. Federal holidays, where banks and the post office are closed include: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Independence Day, MLK Day, President’s Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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Bank and USPS Schedules for Good Friday

Good Friday means that Easter’s just around the corner; and for many, it means figuring out what exactly is open such as banks or the post office.

Technically, Good Friday is not a designated federal holiday, as such banks are not required by law to close. It is also not a USPS holiday.

The good news is that business can go on as usual on Good Friday. For those who have last minute banking or postal needs, there is no worry about holiday closings. Generally banks are open on Good Friday. The United States Postal Service operates as well. The same goes for the Monday following Easter.

However, some banks do observer Good Friday and Easter Monday. The laws vary from state to state depending on where one lives. It is considered a state holiday in some states such as Hawaii and Indiana.

Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. It also marks the culmination of events in Holy Week including the Last Supper, Palm Sunday and the washing of the disciples’ feet by Jesus.

For the most accurate information about bank closings, one should call one’s local bank ahead of time. The United States Postal service is open too, despite a new call for stopping mail service on Saturdays. Federal holidays, where banks and the post office are closed include: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Independence Day, MLK Day, President’s Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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Bank and USPS Schedules for Good Friday

Good Friday means that Easter’s just around the corner; and for many, it means figuring out what exactly is open such as banks or the post office.

Technically, Good Friday is not a designated federal holiday, as such banks are not required by law to close. It is also not a USPS holiday.

The good news is that business can go on as usual on Good Friday. For those who have last minute banking or postal needs, there is no worry about holiday closings. Generally banks are open on Good Friday. The United States Postal Service operates as well. The same goes for the Monday following Easter.

However, some banks do observer Good Friday and Easter Monday. The laws vary from state to state depending on where one lives. It is considered a state holiday in some states such as Hawaii and Indiana.

Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. It also marks the culmination of events in Holy Week including the Last Supper, Palm Sunday and the washing of the disciples’ feet by Jesus.

For the most accurate information about bank closings, one should call one’s local bank ahead of time. The United States Postal service is open too, despite a new call for stopping mail service on Saturdays. Federal holidays, where banks and the post office are closed include: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Independence Day, MLK Day, President’s Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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Good Friday 2010 Quotes: What is the Meaning of Good Friday?

Today, April 2, 2010 is the 5th day of the Holy Week called Good Friday. Christians around the world celebrate today’s holiday Good Friday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, His death at Calvary, and his Resurrection from the grave.

Also known as Holy Friday and Great Friday, Good Friday is a time of reflection among Catholics. Traditions during Good Friday includes the prayers to each of the fourteen Stations of the Cross, fasting, various processions, the Way of the Cross, and a Passion play called Senakulo, among others.

However, there are some fanatics that because of their intense profession of faith to Jesus Christ, they want to mimic the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in that they themselves are being crucified into a cross during Good Friday. This can be seen in the predominantly Catholic country Philippines.

Moreover, if you are looking for some Good Friday quotes to share with your friends and relative this Good Friday, you can find some of them below:

“All His life long Christ was the light of the world, but the very noontide hour of His glory was that hour when the shadow of eclipse lay over all the land, and He hung on the Cross dying in the dark. At His eventide “it was light,” and, “He Endured the Cross, despising the shame” and, lo! the shame flashed up into the very brightness of glory, and the very ignominy and the suffering were “the jewels of His crown.”

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”

“The essence of that by which Jesus overcame the world was not suffering, but obedience. Yes, men may puzzle themselves and their hearers over the question where the power of the life of Jesus and the death of Jesus lay; but the soul of the Christian always knows that it lay in the obedience of Christ. He was determined at every sacrifice to do His Father’s will. Let us remember that; and the power of Christ’s sacrifice may enter into us, and some little share of the redemption of the world may come through us, as the great work came through Him.”

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Good Friday 2010 Quotes: What is the Meaning of Good Friday?

Today, April 2, 2010 is the 5th day of the Holy Week called Good Friday. Christians around the world celebrate today’s holiday Good Friday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, His death at Calvary, and his Resurrection from the grave.

Also known as Holy Friday and Great Friday, Good Friday is a time of reflection among Catholics. Traditions during Good Friday includes the prayers to each of the fourteen Stations of the Cross, fasting, various processions, the Way of the Cross, and a Passion play called Senakulo, among others.

However, there are some fanatics that because of their intense profession of faith to Jesus Christ, they want to mimic the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in that they themselves are being crucified into a cross during Good Friday. This can be seen in the predominantly Catholic country Philippines.

Moreover, if you are looking for some Good Friday quotes to share with your friends and relative this Good Friday, you can find some of them below:

“All His life long Christ was the light of the world, but the very noontide hour of His glory was that hour when the shadow of eclipse lay over all the land, and He hung on the Cross dying in the dark. At His eventide “it was light,” and, “He Endured the Cross, despising the shame” and, lo! the shame flashed up into the very brightness of glory, and the very ignominy and the suffering were “the jewels of His crown.”

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”

“The essence of that by which Jesus overcame the world was not suffering, but obedience. Yes, men may puzzle themselves and their hearers over the question where the power of the life of Jesus and the death of Jesus lay; but the soul of the Christian always knows that it lay in the obedience of Christ. He was determined at every sacrifice to do His Father’s will. Let us remember that; and the power of Christ’s sacrifice may enter into us, and some little share of the redemption of the world may come through us, as the great work came through Him.”

good friday quotes

Good Friday 2010 Quotes: What is the Meaning of Good Friday?

Today, April 2, 2010 is the 5th day of the Holy Week called Good Friday. Christians around the world celebrate today’s holiday Good Friday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, His death at Calvary, and his Resurrection from the grave.

Also known as Holy Friday and Great Friday, Good Friday is a time of reflection among Catholics. Traditions during Good Friday includes the prayers to each of the fourteen Stations of the Cross, fasting, various processions, the Way of the Cross, and a Passion play called Senakulo, among others.

However, there are some fanatics that because of their intense profession of faith to Jesus Christ, they want to mimic the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in that they themselves are being crucified into a cross during Good Friday. This can be seen in the predominantly Catholic country Philippines.

Moreover, if you are looking for some Good Friday quotes to share with your friends and relative this Good Friday, you can find some of them below:

“All His life long Christ was the light of the world, but the very noontide hour of His glory was that hour when the shadow of eclipse lay over all the land, and He hung on the Cross dying in the dark. At His eventide “it was light,” and, “He Endured the Cross, despising the shame” and, lo! the shame flashed up into the very brightness of glory, and the very ignominy and the suffering were “the jewels of His crown.”

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”

“The essence of that by which Jesus overcame the world was not suffering, but obedience. Yes, men may puzzle themselves and their hearers over the question where the power of the life of Jesus and the death of Jesus lay; but the soul of the Christian always knows that it lay in the obedience of Christ. He was determined at every sacrifice to do His Father’s will. Let us remember that; and the power of Christ’s sacrifice may enter into us, and some little share of the redemption of the world may come through us, as the great work came through Him.”

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U.S. Navy Captures 5 Pirates After Gun Battle in Indian Ocean

The USS Nicholas reported taking fire from a suspected pirate skiff and the returned fire before pursuing it and eventually disabling it.

Suspected Somali pirates fired on a U.S. Navy warship off East Africa early Thursday in what appeared to be a ransom-seeking attack on an American guided missile frigate, the officials said.

The USS Nicholas returned fire on the pirate skiff, sinking it and confiscating a nearby mothership. The Navy took five pirates into custody, said Navy Lt. Patrick Foughty, a spokesman. International naval forces have stepped up their enforcement of the waters off East Africa in an effort to thwart a growing pirate trade.

Last May, pirates chased a U.S. Navy warship and fired small arms fire at it. The ship, which had recently served as a prison for captured pirates, increased speed and evaded the attack. French and Dutch naval ships also have been attacked by pirates, said Roger Middleton, a piracy expert at the British think tank Chatham House.

“If you think of the kind of young men who are doing this, they go out into the middle of the ocean in a tiny boat. They might not always make rational decisions, and they often attack things that are bigger than they should (attack),” said Middleton. “It’s also quite possible that they don’t have a full understanding of the targets they are attacking. Perhaps they just see a big ship they think is a worth a lot of money,” he said.

Thursday’s attack came just shy of a year since pirates attacked the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama and took American Richard Phillips hostage. Phillips was rescued five days later when Navy SEAL snipers shot three pirates in a lifeboat.

The U.S. Africa Command said the five pirates seized Thursday would remain in U.S. custody on board the frigate for now. The Nicholas is home-ported in Norfolk, Va. Experts say piracy will continue to be a problem until an effective government is established on Somalia’s lawless shores. The country has not had a functioning government for 19 years.

Meanwhile, the Taiwan government said it fears a Taiwanese fishing boat may have been hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast. Officials lost contact with the 79-ton Jih-chun Tsai 68 fishing trawler on Wednesday.