Results from Tag: 'seven last words'
Sixth Word from the Cross: Fulton Sheen and the Declaration of Dependence
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!
Fourth Word from the Cross: ‘My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?’
A President Preaches of Sin and Redemption
Third Word from the Cross: Mary Walks Through History
‘Woman, behold your Son. Behold your Mother.’
Second Word from the Cross: True and False Kings — True and False Paradise
‘Today you will be with me in paradise.’
First Word from the Cross: Older Than America — The Blood of the Martyrs
‘Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.’
The Seven Last Words and America’s 250th
INTRODUCTION: Two hundred and fifty years is significant in the life of a nation.
The 7 Last Words and the Nicene Creed: ‘It Is Finished’
Jesus’ final words from the Cross — ‘It is finished’ — do not signal an end, but a consummation. Through the Creed and the Cross, we are invited into the mystery that continues through the Church, the sacraments, and the promise of resurrection.
The 7 Last Words and the Nicene Creed: ‘I Thirst’
COMMENTARY: The fifth word from the cross points to Christ’s real bodily suffering — and his divine thirst for our salvation — as foretold in Scripture and confessed in the Creed.
