External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — A Message From St. Mary Margaret Alacoque
The Confession of St. Longinus,James Tissot, 1886-1894 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John (John 19:31-37) 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 broke the legs of the first, and [...]