As
death approaches, the human heart speaks its greatest words of love
to those it holds most dear. So it was with Jesus who in His final
hours gave us seven last “words,” rich with spiritual meaning for
every human soul.
For
the first time ever, Archbishop Fulton Sheen's complete writings and
reflections on Christ’s last words have been compiled into this one
book. Sheen shows how the seven words are, in fact, a full catechism
on the spiritual life. From them, you’ll learn the secrets to
living the Beatitudes, ways to avoid the deadly vices of anger, envy,
lust, and pride, and how to cultivate the heavenly virtues of
fortitude, prudence, justice, and charity.
Few
books are such an inspiring call to sanctity, and few books are such
a spiritual powerhouse. With Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen as your
guide, you’ll also learn:
- Why,
during His Passion, Jesus never proclaimed his innocence.
- Why
Jesus appealed to His Father to forgive, but did not Himself forgive
directly.
- What
Jesus’ third word from the Cross says about lust.
- Why,
like Jesus, the most innocent among us must suffer.
- Why
darkness covered the earth after Jesus spoke his fourth word.
- The
seven words spoken unto
Jesus while
He hung on the Cross — and what they reveal about the impact of
Christ’s Passion on your soul.
- What
the Passion says about judging others (and why it’s an assault
against hope).
- How
the conversion of the good thief is the key to the conversion of our
modern world.
- Why
you and I can sin a thousand times and be forgiven, and the angels
who have sinned but once are eternally unforgiven.
- How
envy becomes the denial of all justice and love.
- The
difference between the
virtue
of
hope and the emotion
of
hope.
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