He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
Cristo crucificado, Digeo Velazquez, 1632. |
Polish countertenor Jakub Josef Orlinski performs the poignant 23rd movement from Handel's Messiah:
Fr. Christopher Whitehead offers a brilliant meditation upon this painting in the second part of the video below:
Holy and gracious Father: In your infinite love you made usfor yourself, and, when we had fallen into sin and becomesubject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent JesusChrist, your only and eternal Son, to share our humannature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, theGod and Father of all.He stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself,in obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the wholeworld.
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