Three days. This day made the third day since Jesus had been taken from them. How many days would it take for this ache in her soul to disappear as well? Would it ever? Mary of Magdala…

The earth trembled beneath Mary’s hands, shaking and cracking, as if mourning the atrocities committed this day. The tears that had dripped steadily for hours now gushed forth in a waterfall. Her heart cleaved open. The bond…

This was no ordinary crucifixion. Felix Maximus had presided over his fair share of them, and none had unsettled him in this way. Felix tore his eyes away from the Cyrenian kneeling in the dust and weeping…