Without His Death On A Cross, Heaven Would Still Be Closed

That was the Redeeming Thing About WHY This is called "Good Friday":

The Death Of Christ, He being God The Son, would open up Heaven, closed since Adam & Eve, partook of forbidden fruit, after giving into the Temptation of Satan, who was in the form of a snake;

There is no Holy Sacrifice Of The Mass, Today. Rather, it's a Mass Of The Presanctified, where the Body Of Christ is received by The Priest, an "Alter Christus", & all Hosts were consecrated during the Maundy Thursday Mass Of The Last Supper, which was a Passover Seder. The Faithful are "The Many", who will receive Holy Communion. There is no Mass until The Easter Vigil, tomorrow night, on Holy Saturday, when The Church becomes Radiant With Light, with Sweet Hosannas being sung & "The Alleluia", sung & proclaimed to The Faithful;

Deo Gratias;

Michael-RSN-NYCQ-In The RC Diocese Of Brooklyn, NY