The First Word

"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do ".

(Luke 23:34).

Our benevolent Lord Jesus Christ, in His deepest agony

on the Cross, was not thinking about Himself, but was

preoccupied by the interests of others. He was not thinking

about His sufferings, His pain, His exhaustion or His wounds.

He paid no heed to the painful gashes of the scourges on His

back; he paid no heed to nails piercing His hands and feet, nor

to the crown of thorns that pierced His head, neither did He

care about His battered and exhausted body.. All that He

ignored because His sole concern was His love for mankind.

The first thought to cross His mind was to save His adversaries

and persecutors... Thus, His First Words on the Cross were:

"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do"

(Luke 23:34)