This work reflects on various Lenten readings to discover the meaning of Christ's life, death and resurrection in a global context. It seeks to offer encouragement, and is suffused with hope in Christ, in God, in this world and in the world to come.
Born in Australia, Gerald O’Collins received his PhD at Cambridge University in 1968. From 1973 to 2006 he taught at the Gregorian University (Rome), where he was also dean of the theology faculty (1985–91). He is now a research professor in theology at St Mary’s University College in Twickenham.