Seven sentences. Six hours.

That is all the gospel of Mark wrote about the crucifixion.

Seven sentences. Six hours.

A darkness that fell over the land; a darkness like the Chaos before Creation.

Seven sentences. Six hours.

The cry of an anguished soul, the prayer of the forsaken— “My God, my God why have you forsaken me? (Psalm 22)

Seven sentences. Six hours.

“It is finished.”

Seven sentences. Six hours.

The darkness was broken by a Light of Hope.

Seven sentences. Six hours.

The prayer of the forsaken was heard by God.

It is finished so that we might have a new beginning.

The disciples, those who walked with him for three years, were not there. Only a lone Roman centurion, who watching the man die on a cross, said to no one and to everyone, “This is , the son of God.“

Seven sentences. Six hours.