He Loved Them to the End: Meditations on the Gospels of the
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cingolani, Gabriele / Iocco, Maria Domenica, PUBLISHER: Saint Pauls/Alba House, Through Gospel citations, ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong>ological reflection and ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> experience of ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> average Christian, ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> author leads us through ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> Passion of Jesus, scene by scene, to reveal ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> profound significance of some easily over-looked details in ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> drama of our salvation. Beginning with ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> Last Supper, through ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> Agony in ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> Garden, to ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> trial before Annas and Caiphas and ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> trial before Pontius Pilate and Herod, to ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> carrying of ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> Cross and his death on Calvary, and finally to his resurrection three days later, Jesus manifested ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> love of God in a way that overturned all ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> false judgments that had been made against him and gave us an example to follow. Since love is revealed through ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> cross, we find it easier to focus on ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> suffering and hence miss ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> glory that it likewise holds for those who love God and neighbor to ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> very end. It is impossible to meditate on ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong>se passages from Sacred Scripture without being profoundly moved and motivated to live ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong> love we find in ong>ong>ong>theong>ong>ong>m.