Jesus gives all-forgiving love

Then they came to Calvary,
the place called The Skull,
the place where
they nailed
Jesus to the cross –
right there –
placed between two criminals,

and Jesus said, “Father,
forgive them
for they don’t know what
they’re doing.”


©2013, Mary Sayler prayer-a-phrased today’s Gospel reading from Luke 23:33-34 with parallel translations found on Bible Gateway.