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The Seven Last Words From the Cross
The Reverend Peter J. Gomes's insightful, passionately moving series of sermons on the last seven words of Jesus from the cross will inspire and move you into a place of thanksgiving for all God has done for us through Christ's death and resurrection. One of the preeminent preachers in the Church in our day, Professor Gomes delivered these sermons on Good Friday 2002.
Each chapter examines one of the seven last statements Jesus made from the cross:
1. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
2. Today thou shalt be with me in Paradise.
3. Woman, behold thy son...Son, behold thy mother.
4. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
5. I thirst.
6. It is finished.
7. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.