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The Sacred Passion of Jesus Christ - Short Meditations for Everyday in Lent (Paperback)
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Let us consider this on meditation on the Passion: "THERE is no
subject of meditation more pleasing to God and more profitable to
the soul than the Passion of Jesus Christ. It contains in itself
all sweetness. It is the remedy for every evil; the food that
nourishes the sou 1. It is continued still in the Blessed
Eucharist, and every Mass is a representation and renewal of the
Sacred Passion. It is a subject always in season, but especially
during the holy time of Lent. "These Meditations deal with some of
the main incidents of Our Lord's Sacred Passion. They are intended
to be begun on Ash Wednesday, and to end on Holy Saturday. A few
verses of Scripture are suggested to be read before each
meditation, as furnishing the subject-matter of which it treats.
"St. Bonaventure tells us that if we desire to meditate with fruit
on the Passion of Jesus Christ, three conditions are necessary. Our
meditation must be: "1. Humble, . for the Passion is unlike
anything else in the world, it is unfathomable to human reason-a
bottomless ocean of mystery. Reason must bow its head and confess
its inability to grasp the mysteries that even Faith sees only
darkly and through a glass. The story of Christ's humiliation is to
the proud a sealed book; they see nothing attractive in it. Christ
suffering has no beauty that they should admire Him. I must
therefore begin by praying for humility. "2. Full of confidence;
since the Passion is the source of all our confidence. I t is the
proof of the exceeding love wherewith Christ loved us. How can I
fear with the sight before me of Christ suffering for love of me?
It is, too,"a medicine for every possible evil, for every
temptation, for every sin; whatever the malady of my soul, the
Passion of Christ can cure it. At the foot of the cross each mortal
wound will be made whole. "3. Persevering: the beauty of the
Passion does not appear all at once. The world considers it a
degradation, the careless and the indifferent pass it by unmoved;
even the faithful Christian scarcely penetrates beneath the surface
of that Divine Mystery, unless he prays earnestly and continually
to appreciate it. Only gradually and by degrees are we drawn by the
sacred attractiveness of the cross. "Before I begin my meditations
I must ask God for this spirit of humility, confidence,
persistency."
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