External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — A Message From Pope Leo XIII
Christ on the Cross with Mourners, Assistance Figures, and the Holy Longinus, German School, 17th c. Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John At that time: The Jews (because it was the Parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day (for that was a great Sabbath day) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. The soldiers therefore came: and they [...]