Devotion to the Five Wounds of Jesus has long been one of the most
popular forms of Catholic spirituality. David Williams traces the
roots of this devotion in Holy Scripture: the words of the prophets
foretell the suffering Christ, while the New Testament witnesses to
the victorious scars borne by the risen Lord. The Sacred Wounds of
Jesus remained a persistent theme in the writings of the Desert
Fathers and Doctors of the Church, a theme that was to be more
fully developed in the devotional practice of the mediaeval period
and on into modern times. Detailing the several forms devotion to
the Five Wounds has taken (both mediaeval and modern) - in art,
liturgy and poetry - David Williams recalls those holy people
favoured by visons of the suffering Lord, as well as those who
themselves came to bear the stigmata of Christ. He outlines the
history of devotion to the specific wound in the Side - later seen
as the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and describes the 'gift of tears'
given to some from their reflection upon the Passion of their
Master. David Williams is the author of The Cistercians on the
Early Middle Ages and The Welsh Cistercians, both published by
Gracewing.
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