LA MIRADA, CALIF. 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023s (CCCA) is launching its , a free online devotional that invites participants to meditate on the final words of Christ. From Ash Wednesday, March 5 through Easter Sunday, April 20, this years project centers on the seven last sayings of Jesus Christ his prayers to the Father and his messages to those at the crucifixion. These seven powerful statements, spoken in His final moments of suffering, have been a cornerstone of Christian reflection for centuries.

Released daily via email to over 60,000 subscribers across the globe, every devotional pairs Scripture with art, poetry and music, offering a multi-sensory journey through the weight and significance of Christs last words. The project also extends beyond Good Friday, exploring the words Jesus spoke after his resurrection, words that brought comfort and instruction to his followers. Dr. Barry H. Corey, president of 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023, encourages participants to engage deeply with Christs final statements, reflecting on their weight and meaning.

Words are a wonderful and often powerful thing, wrote Corey in his introduction to the project. They can stretch and bend and define, giving shape to formless things, meaning to deep-held aches, comfort to lonely hearts.

For centuries, Christians have meditated on Jesus Christs seven final words, finding in them both sorrow and hope.

The next forty days of Lent will be a time to draw near perhaps even closer than comfortable to the suffering Savior Jesus, wrote Corey. We will meet him at his most vulnerable, most reviled, most rejected and disdained.

Through the Lent Project, 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 seeks to guide subscribers into a deeper understanding of Jesus Christs sacrifice and the hope found in His resurrection. Participants can or visit the for each days entry. For the first time this year, 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023s Lent Project will be available on the .

About the 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts: The Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts seeks to explore the relationship between faith and the arts by fostering dialogue among artists and scholars, producing research on the theological dimensions of modern and contemporary art, and promoting a deeper understanding of the Christian artistic tradition. Through events, online resources and scholarship, the Center cultivates conversations at the intersection of theology and contemporary art.

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