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Msgr. Roger J. Landry Meditations for the Seven Last Words of Jesus Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York City Good Friday 2025 April 18, 2025 To watch a video of this word, please click below: To listen to an audio recording of the homily based on this word, please click below: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/4.18.25_Seventh_Word_from_the_Cross_1.mp3 The […] The post Father, Into Your Hands, I Commend My Spirit, The Jubilee of Hope and Jesus’ Seven Last Words from the Cross, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, April 18, 2025 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.
In this episode, the monthly series called “What Are the Sisters Reading?" continues. For the month of June, Sister Kathryn Hermes, FSP, and Sister Emily Beata Marsh, FSP, and your host, Carlos Briceño, share about a book called "Into Your Hands, Father: Abandoning Ourselves to the God Who Loves Us" by Father Wilfred Stinissen. The book focuses on how surrendering to God, abandoning ourselves to the One who loves us completely, is a central reality of the spiritual life. To check out Carlos' website on "The Art of Surrender," please go to this site: https://artofsurrender.shorthandstories.com/ To check out more books on the Catholic faith and religious items of interest at the Pauline Books and Media Center at 1025 King Street in Alexandria, please click here.
What Makes It Good? On this day in history, the events that unfold mark what believers call Good Friday. This day is full of meaning, prompting us to reflect, remember, and rejoice. As you skim through the timeline of events posted below, you will recount the trials and tribulations that Jesus endured on this day. One question will emerge: "What makes this day so good?" To understand the answer, we must look beyond this day and the visible events. For a moment, we must look past what people are doing to Jesus and see what Jesus is doing. We need to see past the horror inflicted upon him and see the hope initiated by him. The easiest way to see this is to understand the whole story because the events of this day are only a snippet of a larger and longer story—a story told by God. To understand the narrative, you merely need to listen to a few timeless statements that God has been communicating to us through Scripture for generations. They illuminate his plan and reveal why this day is dubbed Good Friday. Four Key Scriptures To The Story Of Good Friday First, God reminds us in Romans 3:23 that this world and its people are perpetually broken and separated from him by our disobedience called "sin": For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Second, Galatians 3:13 explains that because of our sins, we were cursed, and we need someone to save us. Therefore, God chose to save us himself and provided his Son, who rescued us from our sins. This text reads: Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.” Next, Colossians 2:14 explains that God planned to pay our sin debt for us. The Cross is where this debt was paid. This text reads: [God] by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. Last is 2 Corinthians 5:21. It clarifies that the payment had to be made by someone sinless. Our sins were purchased and paid for with the currency of a sinless Son who died at the hands of sinful men to save us. The text reads: For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. One Cohesive Story These Scriptures tell one cohesive story—a story of divine intervention and redemption. On this day, 2000 years ago, Jesus saved the world from sin. Despite the injustice he endured—sentenced, scourged, mocked, and crucified—Jesus was simultaneously executing a divine plan. He was redeeming us, lifting the curse by bearing our sins upon that Cross. In this act, he paid the penalty and canceled our debt, purchasing our salvation with his righteousness. Those unwilling to see the divine story and accept their own sinfulness find this event perplexing and the brutality unjust. But for those of us who have acknowledged our disobedience and sin, we see the Cross for what it is—Good News. For us, this day is profound. It's the day when a sinless Savior took upon himself the punishment we rightfully deserve so that we might be righteous before God. That's what makes it Good Friday. The Timeline of Good Friday By The Hour 6:00 AM - Zero Hour Jesus Stands Trial Before Pilate. (Matthew 27:11-14; Mark 15:2-5; Luke 23:1-5; John 18:28-37) Jesus Sent To Herod. (Luke 23:6-12) 7:00 AM - The First Hour Jesus Returned To Pilate. (Luke 23:11) Jesus Sentenced To Die. (Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:23-24; John 19:16) 8:00 AM - The Second Hour Jesus Led To Calvary. (Matthew 27:32-34; Mark 15:21-24; Luke 23:26-31; John 19:16-17) 9:00 AM - The Third Hour Jesus Is Crucified. (Mark 15:25) Father Forgive Them. (Luke 23:34) Cast Lots for Jesus's Clothing. (Mark 15:24) 10:00 AM - The Fourth Hour Jesus Is Insulted. (Matthew 27:39-40) Priests And Teachers Mock Jesus. (Mark 15:31) Soldiers Mocked Jesus. (Luke 23:36-37) Criminal Insults Jesus. (Luke 23:39) 11:00 AM - The Fifth Hour Jesus And The Criminal. (Luke 23:40-43) Jesus Speaks To Mary And John. (John 19:26-27) NOON - The Sixth Hour Darkness Covers The Land. (Mark 15:33) 1:00 PM - The Seventh Hour Jesus Cries Out To The Father. (Matthew 27:46) Jesus Is Thirsty. (John 19:28-29) 2:00 PM - The Eighth Hour It Is Finished. (John 19:30) Into Your Hands, I Commit My Spirit. (Luke 23:46) 3:00 PM - The Ninth Hour Events After Jesus's Death. The Earthquake and the Temple Veil Is Torn. (Matthew 27:51-52) The Centurion Believes. (Matthew 27:54; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:47) The Soldiers Break the Thieves' Legs. (John 19:31-33) The Soldier Pierced Jesus's Side. (John 19:34) Jesus is Laid in the Tomb. (Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42)
This week we consider the last words that Jesus spoke right before he took his last breath. These words are especially significant when we consider that just one week prior, Jesus entered into Jerusalem heralded as king. In the midst of Palm Sunday and in anticipation of Holy Week leading into Easter, we consider this one simple question from the cross: why did Jesus have to die? The post Into Your Hands appeared first on Pine Lake Covenant Church.
Into Your Hands, I Commit My Spirit Author: Kyle Peters
Concert Friday"Into Your Hands" - Ray Repp"With All I Am" - HillsongInto your hands | R- Into your hands we commend our spirits O Lord Into your hands we commend our hearts For we must die to ourselves in loving you Into your hands we commend our love 1- O God, My God, Why have you gone from me Far from my prayers, far from my cry To you I call, but you never answer me You send no comfort and I don't know why 2- Our fathers trusted and delivered them To you they cry, and they escaped In you they trusted when darkness came their way And in your goodness you made them free With All I AmInto Your handsI commit again With all I am, for You, LordYou hold my worldIn the palm of Your handAnd I am Yours foreverJesus I believe in YouJesus I belong to YouYou're the reason that I liveThe reason that I singWith all I amI'll walk with YouWherever You goThrough tears and joyI'll trust in YouAnd I will liveIn all of Your waysAnd Your promises, foreverJesus I believe in YouJesus I belong to YouYou're the reason that I liveThe reason that I singJesus I believe in YouJesus I belong to YouYou're the reason that I liveThe reason that I singWith all I amWith all I am All I amI will worship
Fr. John LoCoco of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee joined IL for the first time to discuss discerning God's call in our life. Topics included: Fr. LoCoco's vocational journey (4:34), what a vocation is (7:32), discernment and preparation (11:01), St. Peter & Quo Vadis (18:47), caller: I have a doctorate, should I stay home with my kids? (23:34), making a good discernment (29:01), finding delight in the Lord (34:48), caller: pregnancy changed my life (37:16), dealing with changes in life (43:22), book recommendation - Into Your Hands, Father (50:02).
Concert FridayToday's concert Friday is a nostalgic tribute to the music of Ekklesia, a music group from the Denver Metro area who gave the Church some beautiful music to sing at liturgy and use for meditation. Enjoy!MUSIC"Bless The Lord""Steadfast My Heart""Into Your Hands""Let The Heavens Be Glad"
Into Your Hands, I Commit My Spirit Phil Rushton 4.10.22
Audio #6: Into Your Hands
"Into Your Hands " based on Luke 23:44-46 by Rev. Kathleen McMurray
Welcome to week seven of | 7 Sayings of Jesus on the Cross | "Into Your Hands." As Jesus suffered the ultimate pain of the crucifixion, both physically and spiritually, with His final breath, He entrusted Himself into The Hands of the Father. As Jesus trusted His Father in His Death, we can Trust The Father with our lives. If you need prayer, click here: https://westflorida.manna.church/cont...† If you've decided to follow Jesus today, text "YESJESUS" to the number 97000Stay connected:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mannachurchfl/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mannachurchw…
Yours in Christ: Pastoral Letters from Resurrection, State College
Welcome to Yours in Christ, Pastoral Letters from Resurrection in State College, Pennsylvania. I'm Pastor Zach Simmons, and this is letter number 13, “Into Your Hands,” the fifth in a series of five letters about Jesus' words from the cross. For more, visit resurrectionopc.org/letters. Dear Resurrection, Luke 23:46 records the last words of Jesus before His death: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” We might be inclined to imagine Jesus speaking these words in a subdued undertone, but Luke says He called them out “with a loud voice.” What a striking contrast with that other great cry to His Father from the cross just a few minutes before, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34). In both cases, Jesus was quoting from the Psalms, first from Psalm 22:1, then from Psalm 31:5, but the emotions and spiritual realities on display in each case could not appear more different. Together, those two moments on the cross show us several important things. First, they show us how full Christ's heart was of the word of God during His final moments of suffering. As He bore our sins and suffered the ultimate penalty for us, so full was His heart of the Scriptures that the Psalms formed the spiritual framework for His thoughts and feelings. More particularly, Jesus saw His life and death as the unique fulfillment—the goal and completion—of all the history and prophecies of the Old Testament. Second, these two Psalm quotations help us understand the wide-ranging spectrum of Christ's experience on the cross. On the one hand, Christ was enduring the wrath of God against the sins of all His people, experiencing the total abandonment and darkness and terror of God's just condemnation that every sin and every sinner deserves. At the very same time, Jesus knew that He was doing His Father's will; that His body and soul were being upheld and strengthened in the midst of His suffering by the Holy Spirit; that the sacrifice He was offering was acceptable to God; and that on the other side of these moments of agony lay the unspeakable reward of resurrection and glory. Christ knew that God the Father was trustworthy, and that not even the cross could snatch Him out of the Father's hand (John 10:29). Finally, these two cries from the cross provide in Christ a pattern for the Christian life. The Christian life is a cross-shaped life, where we become like Jesus in His death even as we experience the power of His resurrection (Philippians 3:10). Understanding these twin prayers of Jesus can help us learn to cry to God out of our desperate need when we feel forsaken and alone, while at the very same time entrusting ourselves to Him, believing His promise that the joy set before us (Hebrews 12:2) will cause this “light and momentary affliction” to give way at last to “an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison” (2 Corinthians 4:17). Grace-Based Action Point Trust and anguish fit together perfectly in Christ—trust without presumption, and anguish without despair. In fact, it was out of Christ's anguish that His faith cried out all the more ardently. As you walk through the cross-shaped Christian life, it is right for you to cry out to God in the words of Psalm 22, but always accompanied by Psalm 31: “In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame…. Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.” Yours in Christ, Pastor Simmons
Jesus - What He Did - Part 7: Into Your Hands
Jesus - What He Did - Part 7: Into Your Hands
"Into Your Hands, I commit my Spirit." "Keep in Mind" is a ministry of Bradfield & Rougham Baptist Church. To find out more, please visit: www.brbaptistchurch.com
This is part two of a two-part podcast with Liz Kelly, Beth Nelson, and Marcie STokman. Marcie recently read Liz Kelly's article "Flattening the Curve on Fear" and a desire to talk more about how to do this. Liz gives particular recommendations on: How to deal with anxiety as a Christian Keeping Holy the Sabbath when we're not gathering in person and recommending several books and resources. Enjoy! https://sundayreclaimed.org/ https://aleteia.org/2019/06/08/detroit-archdiocese-makes-big-decision-to-reclaim-sunday-as-the-lords-day/ Dr. Michael shares the importance of, and ideas for, fathers protecting the sabbath in their families. Mike Naughton's talk on this: https://vimeo.com/263019469 Dr. Michael Naughton, "Reclaiming the Lords Day" Recommended books include: Into Your Hands, Father by Wilfrid Stinissen The Christian and Anxiety by Hans Urs Von Balthasar The Prophets by Abraham Heschel . Into Your Hands, Father The Christian and Anxiety The Prophets --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellreadmom/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wellreadmom/support
In this season of Lent as we move toward Easter Sunday, we recognize that there is not Easter Sunday if not for the suffering of Christ on the Cross. As Jesus hung on the cross, he also blessed us with His specific last words and statements. In this series Famous Last Words, we will take a look at and unpack the depth and practical application of the final words Jesus gave to us before giving His life for us. Often when we are in the midst of a bad day or struggle, we often feel so alone and even isolate ourselves from others. In our bad days and moment of challenge in life we may wonder where you are God.. On this Good Friday we will embrace Jesus’ final final word in the message Into Your Hands.
Into Your Hands Luke 23:46 4/14/2019 Rev. Dr. Alan Brehm Hickman Presbyterian Church
[00:00] Special Music: "I'm Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing" (arr. Desjardins) - Celebration Singers [02:59 ] Scripture: Deuteronomy 10:12-13, I Peter 4:8-11 [04:25] Anthem: "Into Your Hands" (Allan Robert Parker) - Chancel Choir [07:49] Sermon Series: "Stewardship of Service: God's Hands" - Dr. Walter C. Dilg, Jr.
Into Your Hands... - Luke 23:46
Into Your Hands... - Luke 23:46
Pastor Den continues the Faces in the Crowd Series on Palm Sunday.