Judith Maltby

Seven Last Words

Theology

“Helpless on the cross, Christ acts through his speech. Andrew McGowan takes the traditional structure of Good Friday meditations on Jesus' 'Seven Last Words,' and invests them with new and challenging insights. I first heard these words in the context of a pre-pandemic Good Friday liturgy; encountering them again as companions for a lockdown Holy Week has provided real nourishment in lean times.”