SAINTS & SINNERS OF CALVARY
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Author: Rev. Christopher Rengers, O.F.M. Cap. 124p. PB
Nothing connected with the Passion and Death of Christ was purely accidental. And although Our Saviour was unquestionably the central figure of Calvary, many other persons—by God's Providence—took part in the living drama of the first Good Friday.These persons too provide instruction for our own lives.
In this book, Fr. Christopher Rengers draws from Scripture, history and early Christian traditions to complete our knowledge ofose events and of the persons who took part in them. The author gives interesting historical background on the identity of Mary Magdalen; Herod Antipas and his execution of St. John the Baptist; the Sanhedrin's rule of Jerusalem; etc. But in addition to a greater understanding of the events of the Passion, the reader will also findhere spiritual lessons both of warning and of encouragement. Particularly sobering is the story of Pontius Pilate, who did not want to condemn Our Lord, but slipped from one compromise to another until he had condemned the Saviour of the world, God Himself, to crucifixion. On the other hand, the great “repenters”—St. Peter and St. Mary Magdalen—bring a message of great encouragement and hope to all who have ever betrayed Our Lord by sin.
Each of these ten chapters provides valuable knowledge and admonition for Christians today. To read this book is to understand better the historical evets upon which the Catholic Faith is founded and to receive a greater portion of the instruction which these great events hold for every person today.
Nothing connected with the Passion and Death of Christ was purely accidental. And although Our Saviour was unquestionably the central figure of Calvary, many other persons—by God's Providence—took part in the living drama of the first Good Friday.These persons too provide instruction for our own lives.
In this book, Fr. Christopher Rengers draws from Scripture, history and early Christian traditions to complete our knowledge ofose events and of the persons who took part in them. The author gives interesting historical background on the identity of Mary Magdalen; Herod Antipas and his execution of St. John the Baptist; the Sanhedrin's rule of Jerusalem; etc. But in addition to a greater understanding of the events of the Passion, the reader will also findhere spiritual lessons both of warning and of encouragement. Particularly sobering is the story of Pontius Pilate, who did not want to condemn Our Lord, but slipped from one compromise to another until he had condemned the Saviour of the world, God Himself, to crucifixion. On the other hand, the great “repenters”—St. Peter and St. Mary Magdalen—bring a message of great encouragement and hope to all who have ever betrayed Our Lord by sin.
Each of these ten chapters provides valuable knowledge and admonition for Christians today. To read this book is to understand better the historical evets upon which the Catholic Faith is founded and to receive a greater portion of the instruction which these great events hold for every person today.
