SEVILLE GOOD FRIDAY 2018: CRISTO DE LA SALUD EN LAS TRES NECESIDADES (Seville)


SEVILLE GOOD FRIDAY 2018: CRISTO DE LA SALUD EN LAS TRES NECESIDADES (Seville) The mystery represents the three necessities – stairs, shroud, and sepulcher. It depicts Christ crucified and dead, our Sorrowful Mother with St. John, Mary Magdalene, Mary Salome, Mary of Cleophas, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, as well as the images of the…

JESUS IS LAID IN THE ARMS OF HIS BLESSED MOTHER.


JESUS IS LAID IN THE ARMS OF HIS BLESSED MOTHER “• Mary stands by the Cross, engulfed in grief. And John is beside her. But it is getting late, and the Jews press for Our Lord to be removed from there. Having obtained from Pilate the permission required by Roman law for the burial of…

JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS


JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS “• On the uppermost part of the Cross the reason for the sentence is written: “Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews” (Jn 19:19). And all who pass by insult him and jeer at him. “If he is the king of Israel, let him come down here and now from…

OUR LORD’S WAY, OUR WAY, IS THE WAY OF THE CROSS.


OUR LORD’S WAY, OUR WAY, IS THE WAY OF THE CROSS. A Pope Francis recently said in a tweet, “anyone who flees from the Cross is not a true Christian.” Let us resolve to follow Our Lord faithfully, without being afraid of His Cross. CSFH PHOTO

FIND REFUGE IN JESUS’ MOST LOVING HEART…


FIND REFUGE IN JESUS’ MOST LOVING HEART… From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Mt 27:45-46 “There is a false asceticism which…

JESUS FALLS THE FIRST TIME.


JESUS FALLS THE FIRST TIME. “The heavy Cross cuts and tears into Our Lord ‘s shoulders. The crowd has swollen into a multitude, and the legionaries can scarcely contain the angry, surging mob which, like a river that has burst its banks, flows through the streets and alleyways of Jerusalem. The worn out body of…

MY PEOPLE, WHAT I HAVE DONE TO YOU…


MY PEOPLE, WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU? OR HOW HAVE I GRIEVED YOU? ANSWER ME! Because I led you out of the land of Egypt,  you have prepared a Cross for your Savior.  Because I led you out through the desert forty years and fed you with manna and brought you into a land…