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The Seven Last Sayings 2024
The Seven Last Sayings 2024
1. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. Luke 23:34
Forgiveness – Jesus forgives the Roman soldiers who crucified him and those
involved in his death.
Salvation – Jesus was crucified between two thieves, traditionally named as Dismas
and Gestas, one supports Jesus’ innocence and asks him to remember him when he
comes into his kingdom.
Relationship – Jesus entrusts Mary, his mother, into the care of “the disciple whom
he loved.”
4. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34;
Psalm 22
5. I thirst. John 19: 28 (cf. John 4: 4-26); Psalm 22:15; Psalm 69:21
Distress – Jesus is given a drink of sour wine symbolising the need for the Scriptures
to be fulfilled. John sees Jesus, the anointed Messiah, as perfecting the example of
the first anointed King, David, who was also persecuted by his enemies for his
service to God.
Triumph – Jesus’ earthly life is over, and his death opens even the darkest of places
to the reconciling love of God.
7. Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. Luke 23: 46; Psalm 31:5
Reunion – Jesus begins to join his Father in heaven as he journeys from death to
resurrection. In the midst of agony, degradation, and what must have seemed like
failure, Jesus still trusts in God’s will.