Milton T. Walsh holds a doctorate in sacred theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. For many years, he taught theology at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California. He is the author of several books, including Second Friends: C. S. Lewis and Ronald Knox in Conversation, In Memory of Me: A Meditation on the Roman Canon, and Witness of the Saints: Patristic Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours.

• ContentsList of Abbreviations for Works Cited ixCHAPTER 58Introduction to Meditation on the Passion 1CHAPTER 59The Passion, First Compline (7 P.M.)(Matt 26:36-56; Mark 14:32-52; Luke 22:39-53; John 18:1-14) 23CHAPTER 60The Passion, Matins (Midnight)(Matt 26:57-75; Mark 14:53-72; Luke 22:54-71; John 18:15-27) 74CHAPTER 61The Passion, Hour of Prime (7 A.M.)(Matt 27:1-10; Mark 15:1; Luke 22:66–23:12; John 18:28-32) 108CHAPTER 62The Passion, Hour of Terce (10 A.M.)(Matt 27:14-32; Mark 15:6-20; Luke 23:13-31; John 18:38–19:16) 138CHAPTER 63The Passion, Hour of Sext (Noon)(Matt 27:33-49; Mark 15:21-36; Luke 23:32-43; John 19:17-30) 200CHAPTER 64The Passion, Hour of None (3 P.M.)(Matt 27:50-56; Mark 15:37-41; Luke 23:44-49; John 19:31-37) 277 CHAPTER 65The Passion, Second Vespers (5 P.M.)(Matt 27:57-58; Mark 15:42-45; Luke 23:50-52; John 19:38-40) 306CHAPTER 66The Passion, Hour of Second Compline (7 P.M.)(Matt 27:59-66; Mark 15:46-47; Luke 23:53-56; John 19:41-42) 321CHAPTER 67Epilogue to the Lord’s Passion, and Praise of the Cross 344CHAPTER 68Holy Saturday of the Lord’s Passion 363CHAPTER 69Our Lord’s Resurrection (Matt 28:2) 376CHAPTER 70The Myrrh-bearing Women; Jesus Appears to His Mother 390CHAPTER 71The Disciples at the Empty Tomb(Matt 28:1-8; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-10) 401CHAPTER 72How the Lord Appeared to Mary Magdalen (John 20:11-18) 422CHAPTER 73How the Lord Appeared to the Three Marys(Matt 28:9-10; John 20:18) 438CHAPTER 74The Soldiers Are Bribed to Lie (Matt 28:11-15) 445CHAPTER 75How the Lord Appeared to Peter, Joseph of Arimathea,James the Less, and the Holy Ancestors in Limbo 452 CHAPTER 76How the Lord Appeared to Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus(Luke 24:13-35) 459CHAPTER 77How the Lord Appeared in the Upper Room When Thomas WasAbsent (Luke 24:36-47; John 20:19-25) 471CHAPTER 78How the Lord Appeared to the Disciples When Thomas WasPresent (John 20:26-29) 491CHAPTER 79How the Lord Appeared to Seven Disciples by the Sea of Tiberias(John 21:1-25) 501CHAPTER 80How the Lord Appeared to the Eleven Disciples in Galilee, andAlso to Five Hundred Disciples (Matt 28:16-20; 1 Cor 15:6) 525CHAPTER 81Epilogue on the Appearances of the Lord afterHis Resurrection 536CHAPTER 82The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ(Mark 16:14-20; Luke 24:48-53; Acts 1:4-14) 546CHAPTER 83The Creed and the Four Gospels 580CHAPTER 84Pentecost (Acts 2:1-13) 600CHAPTER 85The Praise of God 624 CHAPTER 86Mary’s Assumption; Praise of the Blessed Virgin 636CHAPTER 87The Last Judgment 662CHAPTER 88The Punishment of Hell and the Glory of Heaven 683CHAPTER 89The Conclusion and Sealing of This Book 700Comprehensive Table of Gospel Passages toParts One and Two 713Comprehensive Index to Parts One and Two 717

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