This beautifully illustrated volume from Magnificat is the ideal gift for those who wish to understand the mystery of the Cross of Christ. Fr. Cessario’s profound and lively reflection on Christ’s last words is an invaluable companion for Lent—and a beautiful resource you will return to throughout the year.
The Seven Last Words of Jesus features:
• A profound and lively reflection on Christ’s last words
• Addresses many everyday concerns: marriage, liturgy,
suffering, vocations, etc.
• The sacred mysteries of Christ crucified carefully
explored through the lens of sacred art
• An invaluable companion – a beautiful resource you
will return to throughout the year
• An ideal gift for Catholics and for those who wish to
understand the mystery of the Cross of Christ. Well
suited for adult catechetical instruction and RCIA
• Foreword by His Eminence, Edward Cardinal Egan,
Archbishop of New York
• Soft cover with flaps – 96 pages – 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.
“Father Cessario writes powerfully and lovingly about each
of the seven statements uttered by the Son of God on
Calvary’s cross and finds in each of them a remarkable expression
of the ‘divine order,’ the theme that underlies his entire
composition. The ease with which he cites Scripture, the
Fathers and Doctors of the Church, and theologians of all eras
never ceases to amaze. One immediately senses that we are
being taught and inspired by a deeply committed follower of
the Lord who loves and reveres all that the Church teaches and
earnestly desires to share it with others.
In the name of the thousands who heard Father Cessario on
Good Friday 2008 in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and the thousands
more who will have an opportunity to read and meditate
these pages, and in my own name as well, I express my
admiration and heartfelt gratitude to this extraordinary theologian
and preacher.”
— From the Foreword by Edward Cardinal Egan
Archbishop of New York
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