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