It has been said that the word sacrifice comes from Latin which means 'to make holy'. If you read the Gospel readings leading to Holy Week, Jesus has made it crystal clear why He was sent into this world: to do the Father's will. Doing the Father's will entailed that He has to suffer and to suffer much even to the point of dying. Yet He humbly accepted all that. He offered those to the Father, thus making all those hardships, all those pain, all those heartaches HOLY.
For the foolish, Jesus' suffering and death on the cross are nothing. They perceive Him as just any ordinary criminal who has to die as a punishment for crimes committed. But for us who follow Jesus, it means more than than. As our Holy Week 2009 theme would put it, Christ won us, making us His own.
For the foolish, Jesus' suffering and death on the cross are nothing. They perceive Him as just any ordinary criminal who has to die as a punishment for crimes committed. But for us who follow Jesus, it means more than than. As our Holy Week 2009 theme would put it, Christ won us, making us His own.
Human suffering has been all over the place especially these days when the world economy is collapsing, when justice and peace are not upheld, when the Gospel's message is not being paid attention to. We are all affected by these one way or the other. We can complain about it. We can cry over it. We can fight against it. But let's not forget that we can sanctify it! How? By offering it to God in union with Jesus His Son whose Body and Blood is offered to the Father in the daily Mass all over the world.
Let's do our share in making Holy Week truly holy by uniting ourselves with Jesus all the time. Here in our website, we are offering you once again The Seven Last Words as well as other regular items as companions in our Hoy Week journey. Time has flown so fast that it has been 4 years already since The Seven Last Words have been first introduced in the web. We couldn't thank enough the men and women who have given their time, talents, and efforts to this project. We ask the Lord to bless them in all their endeavors. We ask too His blessings on you, dear readers for being with us through and through.
One with Christ Crucified, may we all have a meaningful Holy Week. One with Him, may we all become and remain holy.
Pietro S. Albano
Editor-in-Chief
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