Death and Resurrection

I once read a Mexican writer comparing Catholic Mexico with a Protestant United States. Mexico was a land where it was Good Friday everyday. At university, i met Evangelicals and encountered their views. Being as polite as i can be, while still being honest, i found them rude to the point of being hostile in their aggressiveness and their dismissiveness. Some could not tolerate, at the slightest, the solemnity of the Day of Crucifixion. Some were revolted by a Corpus on the Cross.

Many Catholics are buried with a crucifix. In a catholic graveyard it is easy to find a gravestone etched, or incised with one. A stone crucifix in an older graveyard is common. Partly, it is a remembrance that God as man suffered, and died too.

This grave memorial, supra, has both Good Friday and Easter, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. On the cross these two passages are cut:

"We adore thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee, because by thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world." Liturgy
"I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live." John 11:25

The first passage (older phrasing) is recited at the Veneration of the Cross on Good Friday, and traditionally whilst making the Stations of the Cross.