David placed all his hope in the future Redeemer when he said, Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit, for Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. At the Cross her station keeping, After this, say the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be, five times, in honor of the Passion of Jesus Christ, to gain other indulgences granted those who recite them. Unam Sanctam. Christ above in torment hangs, Get these meditations in book form. (Available for purchase in Latin and English here. Christ withdrew there—(1) for retirement and prayer, and to be free from distraction; (2) to show that He did not fly from death, but rather sought for it, for the place was well known to the traitor; and (3) to show that He suffered out of pure love and compassion for men. mourning Him who mourned for me, Calvin, in his commentary on St. John, blasphemously asserts that Jesus Christ, in order to appease His Father, experienced all the wrath which God feels towards sinners, and felt all the pains of the damned, and particularly that of despair. Chapter 8:For just as, after the waters of the deluge, by which the old iniquity was purged—after the baptism, so to say, of the world—a dove was the herald which announced to the earth the assuagement of celestial wrath, when she had been sent her way out of the ark, and had returned with the olive-branch, a sign which even among the nations is the fore-token of peace; so by the self-same law of heavenly effect, to earth—that is, to our flesh—as it emerges from the font, after its old sins flies the dove of the Holy Spirit, bringing us the peace of God, sent out from the heavens where is the Church, the typified ark. And in like manner He allowed all the powers of His soul to do what belonged to them. may my soul Thy goodness praise, 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. [John 19: 27] Jesus Christ willed that this beloved disciple should be an eye-witness of His death, in order that he might more confidently bear witness to it in his Gospel, and might say, He that saw it has borne witness; [John 19: 35] and in his Epistle, What we have seen with our eyes, that we both testify and make known to you. 11 Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities. 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. Behold His wounds, received for love of you! in that Mother’s pain untold? Therefore, when, through inward passions, or the temptations of the devil, or the persecutions of men, we feel ourselves disturbed and excited to lose our patience, and to abandon ourselves to displeasing God, let ut cast our eyes on Jesus crucified, Who poured forth all His Blood for our salvation, and let us reflect that we have not yet poured forth one drop of blood for love of Him: Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. O Jesus, O Mary, I am the cause of the great and manifold pains which pierce your loving hearts! I would not wait for death to recommend my soul to Thee; I commend it to Thee now; suffer me not to turn my back upon Thee again. As I wrote, I tried to look at these mysteries through Mary’s eyes. Jesus speaks to the women who wept with compassion after seeing Him in such a pitiable state, streaming with blood. Having looked at the events in the life of Jesus, which are recalled in the first part of the Rosary, we now pass on to the second part, the five Sorrowful Mysteries. Jesus saith to them: I am he. Some pray the Sorrowful Mysteries every day of Lent as a devotion. Christ’s dear Mother to behold? St. Jerome. in my heart each wound renew Therefore the human will in Christ willed nothing else than was willed by His Divine will. 54 How then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done? 4 Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows: and we have thought him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and afflicted. 3. Luke 14:27 And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Should I, then, not bear in union with Thee, my easy burden of suffering and accept the sweet yoke of Thy commandments? STATION 5 - Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry His Cross. With that in mind, it seems reasonable that the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, prayed and meditated upon with specific reference to this apocalypse of filth within our Church, among our clergy, can be a weapon deployed daily, inviting in the assistance of the saints and, most importantly Our Lady — Mary, the Mother of Sorrows — who will implore her Son for our sake as she prays with us. Cornelius Lapide, The Great Biblical Commentary, Gospel of St Luke Chapter 22, v. 43. 20 Let us condemn him to a most shameful death: for there shall be respect had unto him by his words. It is the frequent repetition of our sins which oppress Jesus. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: for he that shall lose his life for my sake shall save it. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt. O Eternal Father, what offense had this Thy innocent and most obedient Son ever given Thee, that Thou shouldst punish Him with a death so bitter? Meditation: St. Alphonsus said: "So drained of Blood is He and wearied out with His torments …He can scarcely stand. Matthew 27:22 Pilate saith to them: What shall I do then with Jesus that is called Christ? Answer me! Now it was said above (III:13:3 ad 1; III:14:1 ad 2) that by a certain dispensation the Son of God before His Passion "allowed His flesh to do and suffer what belonged to it." And Thou, my Redeemer, since Thou hast died for me, permit me to love Thee; for I wish but Thee, and nothing more. Fac me plagis vulnerari, How must I regard the world and its vanities, when I behold Thee hanging on the cross, covered with wounds? I reply that the prayer of Jesus Christ was conditional, and that they who were converted were not of the number of those of whom it was said, Ye have resisted the Holy Ghost. They focus on the Passion and sufferings of Christ offered to atone for the sins of the world and applied to those who enter the side of Christ as the door of the Ark of Noah. I see that my past life has only served to dishonor Thee; suffer me not to continue to displease Thee for my days that yet remain. Tertullian. 34 And they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall. [John 19: 26] But if Mary and John were accompanied by other women, why is it said that Jesus beheld His mother and the disciple, as if the other women had not been perceived by Him? Thus also a learned author, who wrote the life of Jesus Christ, says, "There were His friends, who watched Him from afar; but the Holy Virgin, the Magdalen, and another Mary stood close to the Cross, with John; wherefore Jesus, seeing His mother and John, spoke to them the words above mentioned. 26 And the inscription of his cause was written over: THE KING OF THE JEWS. 14 And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? You, who are so attached to the world, henceforth despise it, that you may not perish with it. 38 Then were crucified with him two thieves: one on the right hand, and one on the left. 4): The angel spoke the following, or like words to Christ, “0 Lord, bravest of men, Thy prayer is most acceptable to Thy Father; because, notwithstanding Thy natural dread of death, Thou resignedst Thyself wholly to the will of the Father boldly to undergo the death appointed for Thee by Him. THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES by St. Alphonsus de Ligouri. Faithful Cross, O tree all beauteous, Tree all peerless and divine: Not a grove on earth can show us Such a leaf and flower as thine. And they that were crucified with him reviled him. O innocent Jesus, having sinned, I am guilty of eternal death, but Thou willingly dost accept the unjust sentence of death, that I might live. 28 Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said: I thirst. Jesus and Mary looked at each other, and their looks became as so many arrows to wound those hearts which loved each other so tenderly. Secundum Mysterium Dolorosum: Flagellatio. Lastly, say one. Matthew 27:32 And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they forced to take up his cross. Which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? These devoted women, moved by compassion, weep over the suffering Savior. Jesus sees the sins of all mankind, whose guilt He has taken upon Himself. and their firstborn sons, de Pont. Luke 6:27 But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies. Fr. Cream Blog by. Prayer The Carrying of the Cross – Jesus struggles up Calvary with his own cross on his shoulders. St Catherine Emmerick, The Dolorus Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Chapter XXVI. Prayer Sometimes this is a challenge. Scripture: Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go yonder and pray.” And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorro wful and troubled. 33 And he taketh Peter and James and John with him; and he began to fear and to be heavy. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt. Prayer juxta Crucem lacrimosa, . ii. [16] St Cyprian, St Augustine, St Jerome, Pius IX, Boniface VIII, Catechism of Trent. Jesus leads His disciples to Gethsemani and enters the garden. I adore Thee as my supreme Lord and Master; I believe in Thee, I hope in Thee, I love Thee above all things. 41. The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary are the final of the three traditional sets of events in the life of Christ and His Blessed Mother upon which Catholics meditate while praying the rosary. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt. And being in an agony, he prayed the longer. He called her "woman," we may say, because, drawing now near to death, He spoke as if departing from her, as if He had said, Woman, in a little while I shall be dead, and thou wilt have no Son upon earth; I leave thee, therefore, John, who will serve and love thee as a son. Witnessing this, how can I continue to sin? My most loving Jesus, by the sorrow Thou didst experience in this meeting, grant me the grace of a truly devoted love for Thy most holy Mother. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. Through her heart, His sorrow sharing, pia Mater, dum videbat His side becomes entry into the Church and is as the door to the Ark of Noah. dum pendebat Filius. Never permit me to offend Thee again. St. Augustine observes that before his confession he had not boldness to hope for pardon; he did not dare to say Remember me, until, by the confession of his guilt, he had thrown off the burden of his sins. Jesus is bound to a pillar and is scourged from head to foot, His flesh lacerated and torn, exposing His muscles, and producing excessive loss of blood. Therefore, when in meditation if one’s mind and heart are particularly found to be directed to God in charity or contemplation, the soul should remain there as long as God permits. But St. John Chrysostom writes that He cried with a loud voice to teach us that He did not die of necessity, but of His own free will, uttering so strong a voice at the very moment when He was about to end His life, This was in conformity with what Jesus had said during His life, that He voluntarily sacrificed His life for His sheep, and not through the will and malice of His enemies: I lay down My life for My sheep ... No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. His love for us, however, is not diminished, not extinguished. The blood vessels in the face bleed profusely. “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” – Here He leads by example, “Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you.”, “Amen I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with Me in paradise.” – “Happy wert thou, O holy thief, who hadst the fortune to unite thy death to the death of thy Savior.”. Peter echoes this sentiment in his first epistle, “Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.”. I fed thee with manna in the desert; and thou didst beat Me with blows and scourges. Prayer . Consider small “scourges” to suffer for love of Christ. donec ego vixero. Had He, however, not taken them upon Himself, they would have plunged us into the abyss of Hell. Quia eduxi te de terra Aegypti: parasti Crucem Salvatori tuo. ix, 4) that one mark of friendship is "to will and choose the same." Meditation Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. Nov 18, 1302Urged by faith, we are obliged to believe and to maintain that the Church is one, holy, catholic, and also apostolic. This is the ark of Noah, and he who is not found in it shall perish when the flood prevails. MEDITATIONS ON THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY R. J. MILLER; C.SS.R. Create in me a new heart, that I may worthily receive Thy most sacred body in Holy Communion, and that Thou mayest remain in me and I in Thee for all eternity. Consider the second fall of Jesus under the Cross—a fall which renews the pain of all the wounds of the head and members of our afflicted Lord. O most amiable Jesus! Mary risked a lot because she had faith in God’s goodness. 8 And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do, as he had ever done unto them. But Jesus said to them: Weep not for Me, but for your children. ", Denis the Carthusian writes that in the Passion of Jesus Christ the breast of Mary was filled with the Blood which flowed from His Wounds, in order that with it she might nourish her children. Meditations on the Five Sorrowful Mysteries Taken from the “Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska – Divine Mercy in My Soul”1 First Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden Paragraph 1053 – Holy Thursday, 3/25/37 - During Holy Mass, I saw the Lord, who said to me, Lean your head on My breast and rest.… Tom Hoopes, author of The Rosary of Saint John Paul II, The Fatima Family Handbook and What Pope Francis Really Said, is writer in residence at Benedictine College in Kansas. MEDITATIONS ON THESORROWFUL MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY ROSARY. St. John writes, Jesus, therefore, when He had taken the vinegar said, It is consummated. Suffrering did not come upon Christ unawares. Rosary Meditations As part of the efforts of the St. John Paul II Society to promote devotion to Our Lady of Fatima, we have created these meditations on the mysteries of the Rosary. 5 (Jesus therefore came forth, bearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment.) He exercised penitence together with the confession of his sins, saying, We indeed justly; for we received the due reward of our deeds. Consider how Jesus, in making this journey with the Cross on His shoulders thought of us, and for us offered to His Father the death He was about to undergo. Meditation She receives Him with unutterable tenderness and presses Him to her bosom close to her Immaculate Heart. [Hebrews 12: 1] The Apostle thus exhorts us to resist temptations with patience unto the end, after the example of Jesus Christ, Who would not come down from the Cross while life remained. Suffrering did not come upon Christ unawares. 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