A little while ago I wrote about St. Dismas, the “Good Thief.” This is another post on him, as part of my promise to him to help spread his devotion. So I took a look around the Internet and found this bit of history of him, along with a “Good Thief Prayer.” There is even …
I found in a little used prayer book a prayer card to St. Dismas, known these past 2,000 years as ‘The Good Thief,” one of two men crucified along with Jesus, but this one somehow discerned Who Jesus was, repented of his sins and asked forgiveness. Whereupon Jesus promised that he would be in Paradise …
Luke 23:42-43 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”He replied to him, “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” The person asking Jesus to remember him in Luke’s Passion Narrative from Palm Sunday is the so-called “Good Thief”, the criminal hanging on the cross …