Confronting the cross
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OpinionHoly Week is just around the corner, which means the biblical descriptions of Christ's Passion are, too. Whips, nails, a crown of thorns: the Gospel accounts are so familiar that it can be difficult to keep from glossing over the terrible suffering they record. The Sorrowful Mysteries and the Stations of the Cross are intended to help us in that regard. But the truth is that the realities of the crucifixion are hard to hear. Perhaps that's one reason why we find it hard to listen.
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