The Passion

by Paul Thigpen

In this companion to devotions on the Passion, author Paul Thigpen takes readers on a 40-day journey through the heart-rending last hours of Jesus. Filled with key passages from scripture and thoughtful reflections, Thigpen also includes the vivid meditations of Anne Catherine Emmerich and Maria of Agreda who long-ago wrote about the harsh reality of Jesus' death on the cross. Readers will kneel with Jesus in Gethsemane, stand before Herod and Pontius Pilate, experience the scourging at the pillar, weep with Mary on Golgotha, and watch in horror as Christ is crucified. Finally, readers will shout for grateful joy for the priceless gift God gives us in the sacrifice of His Son.

225 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 2004

About the author

Paul Thigpen, Ph.D., is the editor of TAN Books. An award-winning journalist and best-selling author, he has published forty-two books. His work has been translated into twelve languages and circulated worldwide.

Reviews

[Ed Wurth]

St Augustine said "A single tear shed at the remembrance of the Passion of Jesus is worth more than a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, or a year of fasting on bread and water." This book did not do that in the way the movie The Passion of the Christ did. But both were bases on the visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich and Mary of Agreda. The book has motivated me to read Anne Catherines' The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

[J Crossley]

This is a book of meditations of Christ's Passions. i found it helpful for contemplative prayer.