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The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

034: How the Cross Actually Saves You (and how it doesn't)

The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Matthew Leonard

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 831 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Perhaps the most dramatic and gut-wrenching moment of the crucifixion is Christ's cry of dereliction: "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" But many people have no idea what it actually means. Like so many other converts to Catholicism, I was raised with a misunderstanding of how the Cross of Christ actually saves me. Believe it or not, over the years I've heard some homilies at Mass make the same mistake. (Not in my home parish...just in case my parish priest is reading this:) But it's important. Because if you get the Cross wrong, you get everything wrong. In this special Triduum/Easter episode of The Art of Catholic, I'll briefly discuss: What Jesus actually did on the Cross: both the correct and incorrect views How the way we're saved dramatically impacts our view of salvation and thus how we live How to understand the apparent abandonment of the Son by the Father as he hung on the Cross Why the Cross should fill us with confidence This episode will help you dive more deeply into the mystery and tragic beauty of what is happened on Golgotha. (And as a huge bonus, I'm opening the show with a clip from the great Truth & Life Audio Bible.) God bless and have a blessed Triduum and Easter! Matthew P.S. Don't forget to grab your FREE copy of my quick guide to deeper prayer 8 Ways To Jumpstart Your Prayer Life! It's an easy step-by-step guide to help you rocket to God! Don't miss a show! Subscribe to The Art of Catholic by clicking this link and then clicking "View in iTunes" under the picture and then "Subscribe"!

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0:00.0

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and they gathered the whole battalion beforehand.

0:08.0

They stripped him and put a scarlet robe upon him and plating a crown of thorns.

0:15.0

They put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand.

0:20.0

Kneeling before him, they mocked him. Ha ha ha ha! Hail King of the Jews!

0:27.0

And they spat upon him and took the read and struck him on the head.

0:33.0

When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him

0:38.8

and led him away to crucify him. As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name.

0:50.4

This man they compelled to carry his cross.

0:54.8

When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means the place of a skull,

1:00.0

they offered him wine to drink, mingled with gall. But when he tasted it, he would not drink it.

1:24.5

And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.

1:34.0

Then they sat down and kept watch over him there.

1:38.1

Over his head, they put the charge against him, which read, this is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

1:48.0

Then two robbers were crucified with him,

1:51.2

one on the right and one on the left,

1:54.8

and those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads.

2:00.3

You, who had destroyed the temple and built it in three days, save yourself.

2:07.0

If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

2:12.0

So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders mocked him.

2:18.0

He saved others. He cannot save himself. He is the king of Israel that didn't come down now from the cross and we will believe in him

2:32.7

He trusts in God let God deliver him now if he desires him or he said I am the son of God and

2:41.8

The robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

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