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The Good Thief The Penitent Thief Desmas
25 March date derived from traditon that this was the calendar date of the Crucifixion, though the Passover and Easter celebrations move from year to year
An old legend from an Arabic infancy gospel says that when the Holy Family were running to Egypt, they were set upon by a band of thieves including Dismas and Gestas. One of the highwaymen realized there was something different, something special about them, and ordered his fellow bandits to leave them alone; this thief was Dismas.
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Prayer to... Prayer to... Prayer for Prisoners, by Pope Pius XII
...in Honor of the Good Thief carrying his cross immediately behind Christ crucified at Christ's right hand naked, holding his cross, often with his hand on his heart to signify penitence tall cross
New Catholic Dictionary For All The Saints Saints Alive, by Father Robert F McNamara The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
Saint Dismas Prison Ministry Metanoia Movement Prayers for PrisonersThe other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, "Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation. And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal." 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."
Luke 23:39-43