Our Roman Catholic friends have a novena about the shoulder wound of Christ—the wound caused by the weight of the cross he was forced to carry. My shoulders ache at the thought of that. It’s where our ...

There grew up among the faithful prayers to the Sacred Heart, prayers to the Shoulder Wound of Christ—private devotions which helped Christians to focus on the passion and death of Christ ...

During Lent the Church proposes that we dedicate ourselves to prayer, fasting ... Devotion to the Five Wounds of Christ and Devotion to the Seven Limbs of Jesus. These two medieval devotions ...

The Bible says, "By his wounds you have been healed," the pope noted. "And, as that beautiful prayer (the 'Anima Christi' or 'Soul of Christ') says, 'In your wounds hide me.' Hide me from my shame.

Jesus died from fatal bleeding, after dislocating his shoulder ... this wound. Pullicino also believes he can explain why, as told in the Gospel of John, 'blood and water' poured from Christ's ...

"The wounds of Jesus are a scandal, a stumbling block for faith, yet they are also the test of faith. That is why on the body of the risen Christ the ... traditional Marian prayer of the Easter ...

On Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis reflected on Christ's wounds, which he said contain the difficulties and persecutions endured by people who suffer today. "Touch the wounds of Jesus," Pope ...