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Here is a painting of Christ crucified by Saint Alphonsus Liguori. I have been reading the private revelations of St. Bridget and come to the conclusion that I have not seen many crucifixes or depictions of the crucifixion that really show Christ’s suffering. I won’t get on the topic of more accurate or graphic depictions of Christ’s suffering on the Cross, but I think it is important that we don’t insulate ourselves from the bitter pain of His Passion in such depictions.

Why did Christ suffer unless it was required of His love to secure our redemption? Not only that but to show us the depth of His love and to teach us that suffering matters. Do you agree?

Here is a link to The Fifteen Prayers of St. Bridget of Sweden on Christ’s Passion.

The book from TAN on her revelations is inspiring as well. You know what the Church says about private revelation – take it or leave it – it’s not core to the faith.

I know a priest who is the campus minister at a university. He gets on AIM when he can because he finds that students will tell him things online that they wouldn’t tell him in person. I think he’s brave just to give his screen name out at all, much less minister to students online. I wonder if he’s had to explain to anyone that he can’t hear their confession over the internet.

Most of the freeware comment applets allow you to customize how the comment links appear on your site. Different text can appear if you have no comments on a post, one comment, or more than one comment. I seriously considered putting some smart-alecky phrases in the template but then decided against doing so in the interest of charity. That won’t keep us from having a good laugh at what I thought about putting in the template! The numbers here are completely arbitrary.
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Anathema sit!
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