It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified Him.
Mark 15:25

From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
Matthew 27:45

From 9am – 3pm, He was nailed to the cross with excruciating pain — from the earlier scourging and now the 3 nails — unimaginable by human endurance.

If it was me, could I have endured it? Could you?

With all this happening, His mother stood witnessing. Indeed a sword has pierced her own soul too [Luke 2:35].

“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.
Luke 23:46

“It is finished.” Then He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
John 19:30

I am going for the 3pm Mass later, and again I want to be early. The sky then will be overcast as it always does, maybe or maybe not the rain will pour causing a massive traffic. But that’s not what is significant.

I hope when you hear the rumbling thunder later — for just one minute — you will think of Him.

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