Father, into Thy Hands I Commend my Spirit

The sun was darkened and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

“And so saying he handed over to the Father all he had assumed in the womb of Mary. There on the cross the life of every mother’s child who ever lived or ever will live was handed over to the Father. Every hair has been numbered, every fallen sparrow taken into account. Once on Golgotha and represented in the Eucharist until the end of the world, all has been offered up, all has been redeemed, nothing is lost.”

—R. J. Neuhaus, Death On A Friday Afternoon: Meditations On The Last Words Of Jesus From The Cross