demandedinsistently,“Crucifyhim!Crucifyhim!”(Luke23:21). Andlet’snotforgetBarabbas,thenotoriouscriminalwhogainedhis freedomattheexpenseofJesus’life. TheRomansoldierswereatJesus’arrestandcrucifixion.Theywere obeyingtheordersoftheircommandingofficerastheydrovethenails ...
In the Eucharistwe don’t re-crucify Christ, but we experience, mystically, that one sacrifice of Jesus Christ, communicated to us through the Eucharist. This is why, Karen, 1 Corinthians chapter 15–and by the way, Karen, I’m going to offer you something. If you don’t mind, Karen...
12But I tell you that Elijah has already come and people did not recognize him, but treated him just as they pleased. In the same way they will also ill-treat the Son of Man.” 13Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist. Jesus Heals a Boy ...
Evolution is fascinating because it attempts to answer one of the most basic human questions: Where did life, and human beings, come from? The theory of evolution proposes that life and humans arose through a natural process. A very large number of people do not believe this, which is somet...
Evolution is fascinating because it attempts to answer one of the most basic human questions: Where did life, and human beings, come from? The theory of evolution proposes that life and humans arose through a natural process. A very large number of people do not believe this, which is somet...
Don’t you want to do even greater things than Jesus did because you know the Lord and love Him? If you answered, “Yes. Oh Lord, help me, change me, send me. Don’t let anything prevent me from being all that You want me to be or from receiving all that Yo...
The Romans did in fact destroy both Jerusalem and its Temple in A.D. 70, not because the Jewish authorities let Jesus continue his ministry in peace, but precisely because they condemned him to a violent death. In the end, it was not the acceptance of Jesus that threatened the city but...
9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 10and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. Jesus Before Pilate...
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Whilst Jesus knew that the cries of crucify were essential to God’s plan, this wouldn’t have made the words less painful as some of the people who he had come to save at such a high cost called for his execution! At Easter, we often focus on the beginning and end of the events ...