Each Catholic church displays the 14 Stations of the Cross that depict Jesus’ journey to Calvary. ... I realized that each person there played a critical role in Jesus’ suffering.

Today’s sheltered youth likely don’t understand Jesus’ suffering, words of compassion A mural depicting Jesus Christ on a wall close to the peace lines, in west Belfast, Northern Ireland ...

In Jesus, we see not only the full depth of God’s passion for us and the suffering that was an essential part of it (John 3:16; Eph. 5:2) but also the full depth of perfect human passion for God ...

His sceptre is justice (cf. Ps 45:7). The price of justice in this world is suffering: Jesus, the true King, ... He takes up the Cross, our cross, the burden of being human, ...

The annual “Way of the Cross” procession on Oxmoor Road in Homewood on Good Friday afternoon drew more than 200 believers who meditated on the suffering and death of Jesus of Nazareth.

Jesus’ seven sayings from the cross are: Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Today shalt thou be with me in ...

Following this passive spirituality, the invitation of Jesus to “take up one’s cross” becomes accepting suffering as God’s will. The cross then becomes a tool of subjugating the faithful.

What if Jesus’ cross really is a healing burden? John tells us, in the gospel read at the liturgy for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, that God did not send the Son to judge the world — krino, in Greek.

Good Friday commemorates the suffering, crucifixion and death of Jesus of Nazareth more than 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem. At first glance, Good Friday seems like the ultimate misnomer.

“There is heaven, there is hell. Christ wants us to be in heaven with Him and His Father. There is a life of peace, joy, and happiness awaiting us. While alive, give as much as you can to the poor and ...