Introduction: The seven last words -- Jesus understands the challenge of forgiveness -- Jesus understands doubts about the afterlife -- Jesus understands a parent's love -- Jesus understands feelings of abandonment -- Jesus understands physical pain -- Jesus understands disappointment -- Jesus understands self-offering -- Conclusion: The understanding Christ

Based on his talks at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral on Good Friday 2015, Rev. James Martin offers a portrait of Jesus, using his last words on the cross to reveal how deeply he understood our predicaments, what it means to be fully human, and why we can turn to Christ completely, in mind, heart, and soul