Two thoughtful Christian writers meditate on Jesus' biblical "seven last words" from the cross, a classic form of Christian devotion, in recent little books: "Cross-Shattered Christ" (Brazos) by Duke ...

Editor’s note: For more than 20 years, Father Raymond de Souza has preached the “Seven Last Words” devotion, a traditional meditation on the seven times Jesus speaks from the cross on Good Friday.

You have to draw close to hear the words, for a crucified man struggles to speak, his lungs crushed under the pressure of his own weight, even as his body screams to him in pain. During these hours ...

Rutledge, the Anglican priest whose book, Help My Unbelief, is fast becoming a modern classic, ruminates on the last sayings of Jesus in this brief Lenten title. Adapted from Good Friday sermons she ...

On Good Friday in 1787, Franz Joseph Haydn premiered his enduring string quartet The Seven Last Words of Christ, a musical meditation on the final sayings that Jesus was said to have uttered from the ...