What Are The Seven Last Words of Christ? (From Archbishop Fulton Sheen)

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(The 7 last words of Jesus Christ on Calvary as recorded by the Four Gospels provided here in English and Latin)

 

THE SEVEN LAST WORDS

OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE CROSS

(The 7 last words of Jesus Christ on Calvary as recorded by the Four Gospels

provided here in English and Latin)

 

The Seven Last "Words" of Jesus Christ from the cross are actually 7 short phrases that Jesus uttered on Calvary that serve as an excellent holy week meditation.  To find all of the seven last words of Jesus Christ, one must read all the gospels since none of the evangelists records all 7 last words.  The sayings would have been originally uttered by Jesus in the Aramaic language, but only one of the last seven words of Jesus is preserved for us in the original Aramaic, namely "Eli, Eli, lama sabacthani" or "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me," which is actually a direct quote of the opening verse of Psalm 22.  The rest of the seven last words of Jesus  are found in the gospels after having been translated into Greek by the four Evangelists.  We reproduce them here in Latin as well as English, since the Latin version of the Seven Last Words of Christ has been used so extensively in sacred music, notably by composers such as Franz Josef Hayden.  For centuries these seven last words of Jesus have been also used as meditation points for spiritual conferences, retreats, and Lenten missions.  They are particularly wonderful to use for prayer during Holy Week, especially on Good Friday.  For more food for prayer during Lent and Holy Week, visit the Lenten/Holy Week on-line resource library of the Crossroads Initiative.

1.    "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do."  Lk. 23: 34  Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt.

 2.   "This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise."  Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso.  Lk. 23: 43

 3.   "Woman, behold thy son."  Mulier, ecce filius tuus.  Jn. 19: 26-7

 4.   "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?"  Deus meus, Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me?  Mk. 15: 34 (Mt. 27: 46)

 5.   "I thirst."  Sitio.  Jn. 19: 28.

 6.   "It is finished."  Consummatum est.  Jn 19: 30

 7.   "Into thine hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit."  In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum.  Lk. 23:

 

[Northern Yankee]

Thank you!

My favorite week of the year.

[Northern Yankee]

Very well said.

What son would not want others to honor his mother?

[Dudoight]

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[narses]

Our Canadian FRiend Bulwyf asks what he needs to do to be saved? He thinks the Catholic faith fails the tests he seems to have against the Holy Writ. He claims no creed, no sect, no denomination, or so he says.

Feel free to help educate him as to what the Church does and does NOT believe regards salvation.

[netmilsmom]

No way would I bother. He is continuing to PM me and I’m handling him the same way I do any other wacko conspiracy nut.

Calling him on his self-righteousness and silly interpretation of the Bible to denounce the Catholic Church.

9/11 truthers are cut from the same mold.

[G8 Diplomat]

In Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke, “Father, why have you forsaken me” was “Abba, lema sabachthani”

[I Buried My Guns]

The punchline to an old joke maintains that the last words were

"Peter, I can see your house from here".

I apologize for the disrespect; my minister uncle used to tell that one, and it still cracks me up.

[Salvation]

BTTT for Palm Sunday.