<p class="title_brown"><strong>Jesus dies on the cross</strong></p>

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<strong>V. </strong>We adore you, O Christ and we bless you.<br />
<strong>R. </strong>Because&nbsp;by&nbsp;your Holy Cross, you&nbsp;have redeemed&nbsp;the world.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>From the gospel of Mark (Mark 15, 37-39)</em></p>

<p class="quote">Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed his last.&nbsp;And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how he had breathed his last, he said, &ldquo;Truly this man was the Son of God!&rdquo;</p>

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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>Meditation</em></p>

<p class="normal_text">Lord Jesus, I contemplate you suspended in the monstrous torture, humiliation and unhuman death tree. I see, paradoxically, the first buttons of a new, flowered and divine life sprout.&nbsp; You are truly the Son of God. The recognition of the soldier announces the fruit it will bring, such bad stump: from that cross you are hanged, still and distorted, begins to sprout the dynamic and beauty of life that will be victorious. The one who don&rsquo;t see you don&rsquo;t know yet; they are even not suspicious. The Father knows, he could not abandon you in the dead&acute;s address.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>Prayer</em></p>

<p class="normal_text">Holy Father, United to the oblation of your Son Jesus I pray for those who don&rsquo;t recognize that the cross is a sign and place of new life offered to us. I present you this prayer by the maternal hands of Mary who in Fatima shows that the cross presides to the <em>city in ruins</em> as the definitive promise of hope and life.<br />
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Our Father...</p>
