By Fr. John A. Perricone, Crisis Magazine - To the sophisticated Romans of the ancient world crucifixions were a hum-drum affair… For instance, in 71 B.C. seven thousand slaves led by Spartacus revolted. After they were captured, each one was crucified… On this Good Friday, the crucifixion was different. Christ was not dying for a sin committed, but for sinners. His shedding of blood was not an act of justice; it was an act of redemption. This was not a paroxysm of howling despair but a veritable feast of ravishing love….