Table of Contents

Foreword Cardinal William Levada ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: Gazing upon Our Eucharistic Lord 1

First Word: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" 12

Witness: Simone Weil 20

Second Word: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." 28

Witness: St. Teresa Blessed by the Cross (Edith Stein) 33

Third Word: "Today you will be with me in paradise." 42

Witness: Dorothy Day 46

Fourth Word: "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." 52

Witness: Blessed John XXIII 57

Fifth Word: "Woman, this is your son. Son, this is your mother." 64

Witness: Blessed John Paul II 69

Sixth Word: "I thirst." 74

Witness: Blessed Teresa of Calcutta 79

Seventh Word: "It is finished." 86

Witness: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque 90

Hymns of the Passion and the Eucharist 95

Notes 108