Death on a Friday Afternoon: Meditations on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross, (Paperback)

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Years ago, during Holy Week, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus preached on the seven last words of Christ. He decided to expand the sermons into a book. Death on a Friday afternoon is one of the most profound meditations on the death and resurrection of Jesus. This book can be read anytime of the year, ho...

from jeterat

An absolutely beautiful and punchy meditation on the Seven Last Words of Christ. Neuhaus has a sledgehammer style which is fairly unusual in meditative works, but highly effective when reviewing the Passion of Christ. Excited to read other books by him and to follow up on references he made in th...

from sergerca

I've read this book every Lent for three years and I don't intend to stop doing so anytime soon. While my search has been far from exhaustive, I've yet to find a better book than Fr. Richard's deep meditations on the last words of Christ from the Cross. Each year I find new passages that strike m...

from LudieGrace

Hmm. I was torn about how to rate this book; I guess I'd give it a 3 1/2 if I could. It was the first Neuhaus book I read, and, to be honest, I now think I enjoy his thought as a cultural commentator more than as a theologian. I was looking forward to reading it during Holy Week, and it truly did...

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Years ago, during Holy Week, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus preached on the seven last words of Christ. He decided to expand the sermons into a book. Death on a Friday afternoon is one of the most profound meditations on the death and resurrection of Jesus. This book can be read anytime of the year, ho...