The 7 Last Words and the Nicene Creed: ‘My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?’

The 7 Last Words and the Nicene Creed: ‘My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?’

‘The Compassion of God the Father,” National Museum of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, Tepotzotlán, Mexico COMMENTARY: The fourth of Christ’s ‘Seven Last Words From the Cross’ reflects the mystery at the heart of the Nicene Creed — a suffering God who prays Psalm 22 and transforms our dereliction into redemption.

On solemn occasions, like the Sermon of the Seven Words, the majestic organs of the Metropolitan Cathedral — Epistle and Gospel — together with the choir of this emblematic enclosure will come together to accompany this profound act of prayer during Good Friday. It is important to note that the Sermon of the Seven Words is not a liturgical celebration in itself, but a series of reflections on the last seven phrases that, according to the Gospels…

Pope Francis continues his work, he wrote the Good Friday Via Crucis meditations - However, he is not yet participating in the Holy Week liturgies.

Pope Francis composed meditations for Good Friday (and will not be present at the main rites) - ZENIT

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 04.15.2025).- As Holy Week reaches its most solemn days, the Vatican has offered a cautiously optimistic update on Pope Francis’s health, noting signs of steady recovery in his mobility, breathing, and vocal strength. Nearly a month after being discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the 88-year-old Pontiff remains under observation at his residence in the Casa Santa Marta but has begun to scale back his reliance on …

The Seven Last Words of Jesus: Powerful Meditations By Ven. Abp. Fulton Sheen

Why should we meditate on the final words of Jesus from the cross?Caroline Perkins, ChurchPOPAs Venerable Fulton J. Sheen explained:“There was never a preacher like the dying Christ. There was never a congregation like that which gathered about the pulpit of the Cross. There was never a sermon like the Seven Last Words.”Father Raymond J. de Souza also shared this spiritual practice in the National Catholic Register:“There is another Good Friday …