Jesus Thirsts
Jesus Thirsts
Father Anthony reflects on John 19:28–30 — Jesus, knowing His hour has come, speaks the simple words “I thirst,” revealing both the real suffering of His humanity and the deeper longing of His heart for souls, and as He declares “It is finished” and bows His head, we behold the love that holds nothing back, completing our redemption and inviting us to receive His mercy with gratitude, surrender, and trust.
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Fr. Anthony Gramlich, MIC, draws a powerful connection between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and St. Paul’s words in Romans 7. Both speak of the same inner struggle — the war within every human heart between good and evil, grace and sin, the saint we long to be and the sinner we often are.
