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Praying "The Seven Last Words" is a deeply rooted devotional practice for Catholics during Lent and Holy Week. Meditating on the dying words of Our Lord during the agony of his crucifixion has enabled believers to both enter into his suffering and to find personal meaning in it, regardless of the time or circumstances in which they live. This book presents thoughtful meditations on each of Christ's sayings from the cross, followed by questions for further reflection and a simple heartfelt prayer. Father Billy, an experienced spiritual director, shows how Jesus' final testament can give you the courage to face your trials, to embrace the inevitability of your own death, and to be filled with the hope and promise of plentiful redemption. He teaches that being fully human, both in life and in death, requires a personal encounter with Jesus that invites him to dwell in your heart.

Dennis J. Billy, a Redemptorist priest of the Baltimore Province, was professed in 1977 and ordained in 1980. He is professor, scholar-in-residence, and holder of the John Cardinal Krol Chair of Moral Theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He holds a ThD in church history from Harvard Divinity School, an STD in spirituality from The Pontifical University of St. Thomas, and a DMin in spiritual direction from the Graduate Theological Foundation. For more than twenty years, he was professor of the history of moral theology and Christian spirituality at the Alphonsian Academy of The Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He has written or edited more than 25 books and has published numerous articles in a variety of scholarly and popular journals. Father Billy is also very active as a retreat director and spiritual director.