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The Seven Last Words, Day 2: Today, we find Jesus extending love and life to an unlikely saint. Part of a seven-day series of short video reflections on the last words of Jesus from the cross.
“Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23:39-43
To read along, go to: https://givenscreative.com/2016/03/the-seven-last-words-paradise/
I was supposed to be giving a lenten retreat this weekend but the world got in the way. So I’m doing this instead…find a quiet place.
The Seven Last Words: Today, as Christians around the world prepare to enter into Holy Week, I am beginning a seven-day series of short video reflections on the last words of Jesus from the cross. We believe these words from the cross continue to speak to us and resound in us today, teaching us how to forgive, to assure, to take care of others, to cry out in times of need, to be fully human, and to embrace our own lives and deaths more completely in God. Today, we begin with forgiveness.
“Father, forgive them…” Luke 23:33-34
[If you’d prefer to read along or instead of viewing, you can read my reflection here.]
Especially for those who work and care for the rest of us…
Make us instruments of peace…
Note from Steve:
Friends, once again I seem to be having problems with email notifications. I hope you receive this today. If you do, be aware that I have continued to post something everyday during this crisis and hope to be able to continue to do so. Go directly to my site, givenscreative.com, and check out what you might have missed. Perhaps there’s something there that will help you or someone else get through the day. God is good, all the time…