The Passion and Death of Our Lord

Fr. Apostoli unfolds John’s dramatic firsthand accounts of the suffering and death of Christ, which he underscores as the perfect and purposeful fulfillment of the Father’s will. Jesus’ faithfulness unto death, along with that of his mother and the Beloved Disciple, is contrasted with responses of the figures surrounding him: Peter, Judas, Pilate and the Roman centurion, the Jewish people and leaders. John’s account leaves readers to decide how they will respond to the life and death of Christ.