As Christians throughout the world prepare to celebrate Holy Week, which commemorates our Lord’s arrest, imprisonment, sham trial, torture and execution, my heart is always close to those imprisoned right here in our home state of New York. Although the pandemic has made it impossible this past year, my practice is to visit men or women in prisons several times a year, including during Lent or Holy Week. I always tell them, “Don’t ever think that God doesn’t know what you’re going through.”The Bible tells us in Hebrews 13:3 to “remember those in prison as though you yourself were in prison...…As Christians throughout the world prepare to celebrate Holy Week, which commemorates our Lord’s arrest, imprisonment, sham trial, torture and execution, my heart is always close to those imprisoned right here in our home state of New York. Although the pandemic has made it impossible this past year, my practice is to visit men or women in prisons several times a year, including during Lent or Holy Week. I always tell them, “Don’t ever think that God doesn’t know what you’re going through.”The Bible tells us in Hebrews 13:3 to “remember those in prison as though you yourself were in prison...WW…

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