Gaylene Baier

Experiencing Good Friday Gaylene Baier

This book is a collection of meditations about various persons standing near or at the Cross of Jesus on Good Friday listening to His Seven Last Words. Selecting a different person, I would pray daily trying to imagine how they felt hearing Jesus speak his Words. After a year of prayer with them, I would write their meditation. I trust this book will enrich your love for His Seven Last Words. "I've frequently used the gift of imagination in Lectio Divina to enter into a scriptural text and heard the voice of Jesus speaking to me. What a joy it is to invite you into our Lord's passion in this way via a variety of spiritual voices-Mary, the Roman Centurion, Simon of Cyrene-to walk with them and to relive in your heart the gift of Jesus as He offered Himself as a sacrifice for us and our sins at Calvary." -Reverend Philip A. Wilhite, Pastor, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Conroe, TX "For Jesus, love is real and clearly demonstrated by action. It is not a thesis or theory; He bore our sins out of love. Jesus died to save humanity. Gaylene, in these beautiful reflections, has helped us to meditate in a very personal way the meaning of true love in our salvation history." -Father Emmanuel Akpaidem, MSP Missionary of St. Paul