It Is Finished

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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What did Christ mean by his final words "It is finished"? Dr. Sri explains the meaning of Christ's final words on the cross at Calvary and how they are words of triumph and not defeat.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life.
0:14.0	On Good Friday, in his dying moments, after hanging on the cross for several hours, Jesus
0:22.1	suddenly says, I thirst.
0:26.0	And then the soldiers run and get him some sour wine.
0:28.0	They give it to him in his branch, and he takes a little drink of it.
0:31.1	And then he says, it is finished.
0:36.0	Why now?
0:37.5	Why is Jesus suddenly thirsty at this moment, and what's the connection between his thirst
0:42.8	and his drinking this wine, and saying, I finished?
0:45.2	Why is it finished now?
0:47.0	Why not an hour earlier, an hour later, why now?
0:50.8	And besides, what does it even mean when he says it is finished?
0:54.7	I think about a person's dying words.
0:57.2	Their last words to us before they die, they're often very meaningful, and we treasure them.
1:02.7	What is Jesus saying to you when he says, it is finished?
1:08.2	Is he simply saying, oh, my life is over.
1:10.6	There's no more time.
1:11.9	Time has run out.
1:12.9	Time has run out on my life.
1:14.9	My life is ending.
1:16.2	I'm approaching death.
1:17.6	It is finished.
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