I belong to a group of Catholic women that meet weekly to study Catholic books. For about a year now we have been slowly reading through Fulton Sheen's "Life of Christ". There are thousands of amazing insights in this book. However one recent set struck close to some of the themes that I take particular note of.
Some of the most amazing scriptural insights come in threes. In chapter 48, "The Crucifixion" Fulton Sheen points out that the inscription on the cross, "Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews" was instructed by Pilot to be written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. Sheen says:
"His death and His kingship were proclaimed in the name of the three [great]cities of the world: Jerusalem, Rome, and Athens; in the language of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful; in the tongues of Zion, the Forum and the Acropolis."
Under the inscription which proclaimed His kingship the cross became His throne. As King his blood adorned Him as His royal robe...the nails were His sceptre...the crown of thorns His diadem.
Wow.
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