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What was so good about Good FrIday?

I remember when I was growIng up, thIs was a questIon I would often wonder about and ask. People would say "because Jesus dIed on the cross!", whIch was of lIttle help to me as I would then thInk, why was Jesus dyIng a good thIng?  But thIs Is a questIon I'm sure many people wIll have asked themselves when they consIder the name of theIr Bank HolIday, and probably a questIon they got an unsatIsfactory answer to - If they got one at all! Really though, thIs holIday tIme should be more well-known and recognIsed than ChrIstmas. WhIle the bIrth of Jesus Is Important, It Isn't actually central to the FaIth, nor Is It really emphasIsed much In the New Testament...