The Crucifixtion

[nick_meola]

I have heard the Term "THE HOUR ", used by a Preist in Reference to the Crucifixtion of Jesus, Can Someone send Me a Email to explain the use of that Phrase in that context.
Thank You

 

[po18guy]

I have heard the Term "THE HOUR ", used by a Preist in Reference to the Crucifixtion of Jesus, Can Someone send Me a Email to explain the use of that Phrase in that context.
Thank You

It was at 3:00PM on what we know call “Good friday” that Jesus offered up His spirit into the hands of the Father for the remission of our sins. It is called the “hour of mercy” for that reason.

 

[Barbkw]

Mark 15:25-38

25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him…

33 At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

34 And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 37 Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. 38 The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.

usccb.org/nab/bible/mark/mark15.htm

 

[laszlo]

Mark 14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith to them: Sleep ye now, and take your rest. It is enough:** the hour is come**: behold the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

John 17:1 These things Jesus spoke, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said: Father, the hour is come, glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee.

Apocalypse 14:15 And another angel came out from the temple crying with a loud voice to him that sat upon the cloud: Thrust in thy sickle, and reap, because the hour is come to reap: for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

The hour is the fullness of the time around the Center: Jesus Christ.

 

[NPC]

Bishop Fulton Sheen talks about “the Hour” in his Life of Christ - the relevant chapter is called “The Beginning of ‘the Hour’”. Sheen writes:

Whenever the word “Hour” is used in the New Testament, it is used in relation to His Passion, death, and glory. References to this “Hour” are made seven times in John alone…[John 7:30; 8:20; 12:23; 12:27]…

Behold, the Hour is coming, and has already come,
for you to be scattered, each one to his own house,
and to leave Me alone. But I am not alone,
because the Father is with Me. [John 16:32]

These things Jesus spoke; and raising His eyes to heaven,
He said: Father, the Hour has come!
Glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son may glorify Thee. [John 17:1]

The “Hour”, therefore, referred to His glorification through His Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension. At Cana (“My Hour is not yet come.” [John 2:4]), Our Lord was referring to Calvary and saying that the time appointed for beginning the task of Redemption was not yet at hand. His mother was asking for a miracle; He was implying that a miracle worked as a sign of His Divinity would be the beginning of His Death. The moment He showed Himself before men as the Son of God, He would draw down upon Himself their hatred, for evil can tolerate mediocrity, but not supreme goodness. The miracle she was asking for would be unmistakably related to His Redemption.

So, “the Hour” is not merely one single moment in time - it is the events of our redemption by Christ. Furthermore, “the Hour” was something which was always before our Lord - it had to be this way, because, as Sheen also wrote in Life of Christ, death was the goal of His life:

…every other person who ever came into this world came into it to live. He came into it to die. Death was a stumbling block to Socrates - it interrupted his teaching. But to Christ, death was the goal and fulfillment of His life, the gold that He was seeking. Few of His words or actions are intelligible without reference to His Cross.

I hope this gives you another insight… Needless to say, I highly recommend Bishop Sheen’s books:thumbsup: