These people would blow a clot if they walked into our chapel and saw our, absolutely lifelike to a tee, Scourged Christ.
He comes to the Main during Lent.
Most motion picture versions of the crucifixion show Jesus on the cross with a little “blood: smeared here and their.
Many, many Catholics were offended by Mel Gibson’s depiction of the brutality of a Roman scourging. It is a rare crucifix that gives one any real notion of what a crucified person looked like in the agony of death. That Jesus died so soon is proof that he suffered greatly before he was nailed to the cross. Most victims lingered for days, which was why they went about breaking his legs, and thrust a lance into his side, surpised that he was already dead.