#thedeathofoursaviour

Thought for the Day – 30 March – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Death of our Saviour “Jesus had now come to the last morning of His earthly life.The Blood had been drained from His Body as a result of His fatal Wounds and He felt a great thirst, “I thirst,” He murmured in a weak voice.He expressed in these words, not only His physical thirst but also, His spiritual…

Thought for the Day – 16 April – The Death of our Saviour

Thought for the Day – 16 April – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Death of our Saviour “Jesus had now come to the last morning of His earthly life.The Blood had been drained from His Body as a result of His fatal Wounds and He felt a great thirst, “I thirst,” He murmured in a weak voice.He expressed in these words, not only His physical thirst but also, His spiritual…

Thought for the Day – 27 February– The Death of our Saviour – Pray for your Enemies!

Thought for the Day – 27 February– Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Death of our Saviour – Pray for your Enemies! “In the midst of His sufferings, Jesus forgets Himself and pray for His executioners.“Father,” He pleaded, “forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Lk 23:34).Who were these people who crucified Him?We know well that they were not only the Jews…

Thought for the Day – 3 April – The Death of our Saviour

Thought for the Day – 3 April – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Death of our Saviour “Quite apart from the most fearful physical torments, such as the Scourging, the Crowning with Thorns and the Crucifixion, Jesus willed to endure extreme moral sufferings, such as the betrayal by Judas, the desertion by His Apostles in His hour of trial and the denial by the Head of the…

Thought for the Day – 14 April – The Death of our Saviour

Thought for the Day – 14 April – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)

The Death of our Saviour

In the midst of His sufferings, Jesus forgets Himself and pray for His executioners. “Father,” He pleaded, “forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Lk 23:34). Who were these people who crucified Him? We know well that they were not only the Jews but all of us. The prophet…