The thief on the cross next to Jesus waited in suffering for the promise of paradise. So do many of us. When readers thumb through their Bibles for examples of courage, few consider flipping to ...

One, for me, is the story of the good thief. Christ is on the cross, being put to death between ... He looks at Christ and says, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” ...

The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday ... After descending to Hades, Jesus ascended. On the cross, He assured the thief in Luke 23:42-43 that he would be with him in paradise.

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991 ... So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew ...

This Lent, as in years past, the longtime music director at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church ... in paradise” recalls the story of the good thief, Saint Dismas, and its connection to ...