Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, … Read more
This video reminds us that Jesus’ sufferings on the cross on Good Friday were for you and for me. He was sinless, but He took on the sins of the world so we can be forgiven and washed clean. All we have to do is proclaim Him Lord. You might also read: Holy Week and … Read more
So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. Pilate … Read more
Yesterday, I attended the Way of the Cross service, then I spent an hour in the Vigil at the Altar of Repose. Good Friday is always a day of meditation of prayer.
Holy Week, which started last Sunday on Palm Sunday, is an intense week of devotion to recall the sacrifice Jesus made to cleanse us of our sins and give us eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but … Read more