For Catholics, Mary evokes God’s love for humanity. Her statue serves as a reminder that, through devotion, meditation and acts of mercy followers can grow in spirituality. She is a model of faith.

For Native Americans, Kokopelli, a dancing figures playing a flute, is a prominent symbol of spring. The symbol represents fertility for the earth. Tribes spend weeks performing music and dancing.

We all will experience our own Good Fridays; some far more than others. But Easter’s good news tells us there will be a new day, that resurrection is possible.