The Day Christ Died

Author: 28th Australasian Youth Conference Pages: 425, paperback Twenty-four hours is not a long time. In this time, our Lord went from being a free man with the company of all his closest friends, to a crucified criminal, denied and forsaken by all. “The Day Christ Died” is a consideration of the life of one man, on one day, on the very day that he knew he would die. It was the last day that our Lord spent as a mortal being. He began it in a secluded session with his closest friends where he instituted the Last Supper. He then departed for a few hours of heartfelt meditation and prayer on the stony slopes of Olivet. Here amongst the olive groves, he steadied himself for the ordeal that he alone knew lay ahead. The betrayal by his familiar friend. The denial by another. The awful feeling of loneliness. Then the trials. The injustice and hypocrisy, the torture and abuse, the hatred and spite. The pain of the crown of thorns, the torture of carrying the cross, and the agony of death are