Jesus’ final words from the Cross were: “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” (Luke 23:46) and “It is finished.” (John 19:30) With this, Christ dies, handing His life over to the Father.
Category: Bishop Hying’s Columns
Satisfying Christ’s ‘thirst’
“I thirst,” Jesus said in John 19:28. Imagine how physically thirsty Jesus was on the Cross!
Behold your mother
“When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold your son.’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother’. And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.” (John 19: 25-27)
Preparing for the Kingdom
As we well know, two criminals were crucified on either side of Jesus, as narrated in Luke 23: 37-43.
Preparing for Lent: Finding growth and God’s will
Every Christian should visit the Holy Land at least once. Called the “Fifth Gospel,” Israel’s holy sites make the Scriptures come alive, reminding us that the story of our salvation, culminating in Christ, is not a myth or a beautiful idea, but actual events in specific places at particular historical moments.
Life is a ‘masterpiece’
In a reflection on Psalm 139, Pope Benedict XVI wrote, “In the second part of the Psalm, God turns his loving gaze upon the human being, whose full and complete beginning is reflected upon. He is still an unformed substance in his mother’s womb: the Hebrew term used has been understood by several biblical experts as referring to an embryo, described in that term as a small, oval, curled-up reality, but on which God has already turned his benevolent and loving eyes . . .”
It’s time for a Eucharistic Revival
As we have celebrated the wonder of the Word made flesh in the Christmas season, we know that the Eucharist is the sacramental fullness of Jesus Christ’s presence, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.
Be disciple . . . makers
This coming Pentecost will mark the third anniversary of Go Make Disciples, our diocesan evangelizing initiative.
Resolutions for 2023
The beginning of a new year invites us to ponder the brevity of life, the gifts of time and opportunity we enjoy, the need for improvement in aspects of our character and behavior, and the importance of prioritizing the right things.
Remembering Pope Bendict XVI
As the Church and the world mourn the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, we lift him in prayer to the Lord whom he served his entire life with such great devotion and faith; we also ponder his spiritual legacy with gratitude.