“FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING “AN UNMATCHED PRAYER FOR THE PERSECUTOR CAME FROM JESUS WHILE GOING THROUGH AN EXCRUCIATING DEATH ON THE CROSS, WITH A TWISTED CROWN OF THORNS ON HIS HEAD, SHOUTS OF “CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM” STILL ECHOING IN HIS EARS, THE SMELL OF OTHER’S SPITTING ON HIM EMANATING FROM THE BODY. LOOKING DOWN FROM THE CROSS HE SAW THE ROMAN SOLDIERS GAMBLING FOR HIS CLOTHES, THOSE ON EITHER SIDE IN SIMILAR CROSSES REVILING AGAINST HIM, THE CROWD BELOW BLASPHEMING HIM, AND THE PASSERS-BY CHALLENGING HIM TO GET DOWN FROM THE CROSS. JESUS FORGAVE THOSE WHO NAILED HIM TO THE CROSS. WE ARE HIS DISCIPLES, WE MUST FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE.