The rainbow of sorrow

1938 · Book · Fulton J. Sheen

American bishop and evangelist Fulton J. Sheen expounds on the seven last words of Christ from the Cross, treating in the following order: Unjust Suffering ("Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do"), Pain ("This day, thou shalt be with Me in Paradise"), Suffering of the Innocent ("Woman, behold thy son! Son, behold thy mother!"), God and the Soul ("My God! My God! Why hast Thou abandoned Me?"), The Need for Zeal ("I thirst"), A Planned Universe ("It is finished"), and Eternal Freedom ("Father, into Thy Hands, I commend My Spirit"). by Fulton J. Sheen