Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young has called for re­flec­tion, spir­i­tu­al growth, and ci­vil­i­ty among cit­i­zens in his Good Fri­day mes­sage.

“This is Holy Week for the faith­ful Chris­tians among us and the es­ti­mat­ed 2.6 bil­lion mem­bers of the Chris­t­ian com­mu­ni­ty across the globe,” he said.

“For cen­turies, this day has been revered as ‘Good Fri­day’—a solemn oc­ca­sion marked by prayer, re­flec­tion, and re­mem­brance.

“Chris­t­ian teach­ings re­mind us that with­in the sor­row of the cru­ci­fix­ion lies a pro­found mes­sage of hope, re­new­al, and the promise of new be­gin­nings, even in the face of life’s great­est chal­lenges.”

Young added: “As Prime Min­is­ter, I ex­tend heart­felt greet­ings to mem­bers of the Chris­t­ian com­mu­ni­ty on be­half of my­self, my fam­i­ly, the Gov­ern­ment, and all the cit­i­zens of the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go.”

Iden­ti­fy­ing as a mem­ber of the Chris­t­ian faith, he said: “I join with the Chris­t­ian body to re­flect on ‘The Pas­sion of Christ,’ which lies at the heart of our be­lief.

“We med­i­tate on His earth­ly life—marked by be­tray­al, tri­al, hu­mil­i­a­tion, tor­ture, cru­ci­fix­ion, and death—fol­lowed by His glo­ri­ous res­ur­rec­tion. This sto­ry is one of both di­vine pur­pose and deep hu­man strug­gle.”

Young drew par­al­lels be­tween Christ’s life and mod­ern strug­gles, as he faced be­tray­al, lies, and in­jus­tice, yet en­dured, “of­fer­ing guid­ance on anger, in­tegri­ty, love, peace, and truth.”

He added, “In our mod­ern world—where Ar­ti­fi­cial In­tel­li­gence grows ever more present, where we face cli­mate change, wars, and eco­nom­ic un­cer­tain­ty—the mes­sage of Christ re­mains a bea­con.

“The mes­sage of Christ calls us to a spir­i­tu­al path found­ed on time­less val­ues: hon­esty, com­pas­sion, hu­mil­i­ty, dis­ci­pline, co­op­er­a­tion, tol­er­ance, and jus­tice.

“At the core of His teach­ings is an Eth­ic of Love—a bound­less love that em­braces every part of our hu­man ex­pe­ri­ence.

“It calls us to live with care, trust, re­spon­si­bil­i­ty, and re­spect for one an­oth­er.”

Young urged cit­i­zens to “recom­mit to be­ing more civ­il, more com­pas­sion­ate, and more re­spect­ful—re­gard­less of our dif­fer­ences. Let that be your gift to your­self and to our beloved Trinidad and To­ba­go.”