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John 19:34. The modern understanding of the English word "pierced" used in these verses (also in Job 16:13; Psalm 22:16; Lamentations 3:13; and Revelation 1:7) does not adequately describe the magnitude of Jesus' terrible wound. When we think of "pierced," we probably think of:
Feb 26, 2024 · Through His wounds, Jesus offers redemption to all who believe in Him. The blood shed from His wounds washes away sin and offers the promise of forgiveness and eternal life. The wounds of Christ serve as the doorway to reconciliation with God and the restoration of broken relationships.
Sep 27, 2018 · While most Catholics know of these, few are familiar with the shoulder wound of Jesus, and the miraculous story behind its devotion. Tradition says as Jesus walked the three miles from Pontius Pilate’s courtyard to His Crucifixion at Calvary, the Cross dug through His shoulder ripping flesh from bone. According to a pious legend, Saint ...
Remember, preterist interpreters believe that Jesus’ coming occurred in AD 70, when the Roman Empire destroyed Jerusalem. However, this would have been two years after Nero died. INTERPRETATION #2: This is a mortal wound—given to the Antichrist—that is intended to imitate Jesus’ death and resurrection.
- Our Wounds: A Help to Others
- Wounds: A Way of Recognition
- Wounds: Memory of Graces
In a way, the claim of the Letter to the Philippians, that Jesus came in human likeness and was found human in appearance(2:7), is brought to completion at the scourging of our Savior in the Passion. For then he resembles us with all our hurts. When we look upon the wounded Jesus, we see ourselves. Perhaps it was the pitiful appearance of Christ ha...
It is the wounds marking the man who passes through locked doors which assure cowering disciples that they are beholding Jesus Christ risen from the dead. In 1874, Mark Twain wrote down a poignant true story he was told by Rachel, an African American slaw from Virginia: a married woman with seven children. She recounts the day when "my little Henry...
Pope Francis says more about why the Risen Christ retains his wounds: The wounds never pass away: they remain, for those wounds are the enduring sign of God's love for us. They are essential for believing in God. Not for believing that God exists, but for believing that God is love, mercy, and faithfulness. We need Christ's wounds and our wounds in...
this most secret painful wound, beseeching Thee by the merit and pain of Thy heavy cross to be merciful to me a sinner and to forgive me my mortal and venial sins and to lead me on towards heaven along the Way of the Cross. Amen. Shoulder Wound of Christ, Catholic Prayers http://www.yenra.com/catholic/prayers/shoulderwound.html
5 days ago · There are seven cantatas: one each for the wounds in Jesus, feet, knees, hands, side, breast, heart and face. The last cantata, on the Holy Face of Jesus, inspired another great hymn: “O Sacred Heart Surrounded”: Salve, caput cruentatum, totum spinis coronatum, conquassatum, vulneratum, arundine verberatum facie sputis illita. Hail ...
