Each Easter we see many images of Jesus on the cross – inevitably wearing a loincloth. But the historical evidence shows victims of crucifixion were fully naked to maximise shame as well as pain.

On the cross, when Jesus dies, the Spirit, who is the great sinew, holding together Father and Son, creation and its creator, is expelled from the Son. In breathing out the Spirit, God is sundered ...

The Cross of Jesus is a cosmic event. The world is darkened, when the Son of God is given up to death. The earth trembles. And on the Cross, the Church of the Gentiles is born.

Shepherd’s inquisitive words of that hymn depict a great challenge to every soul, regardless of their ethnic origin: “Must Jesus bear the cross alone And all the world go free?

The Kingdom Demands We Cross Tribal Lines. Joy Allmond. ... Jesus is the Son of God, he is the only way to the Father, we serve a crucified and resurrected Messiah, ...

Today, Jesus our king looks at us from the cross, the Pope said. A Service of EWTN News, Inc. EWTN News, Inc. is the world’s largest Catholic news organization, ...