With his final words, Jesus invites his followers for all times and all places to forgive and be forgiven, to care for each other, to turn to God always, and to understand suffering and death as the doorway to eternal life.
In this second edition of Alice Camille’s brilliantly distilled Seven Last Words, revised from the vantage point of more than three decades of preaching and teaching on the scriptures, the words from the cross continue to do their work—illuminating these sacred texts and confronting and transforming us, their readers and hearers.
Alice Camille is a nationally known writer, religious educator, and retreat leader. Alice has worked in parishes and campus ministry, supervised a shelter program for homeless women, and has been active in ecumenical settings. She has published over twenty books, among them A Little Book of Light, Stations of Strength, and God’s Word is Alive: Reflections on the Lectionary Readings for Sundays and Holy Days.
