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Podcast: Your Grace is Sufficient
Episode: Gospel and Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Description: Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
John 19:31-37
It was Preparation Day, and to prevent the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath – since that sabbath was a day of special solemnity – the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other. When they came to Jesus, they found he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and im...