SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
Tuesday and Friday
First Mystery: The Agony of Jesus at
Gethsemane (St. Matthew 26:36-46).
Jesus stayed alone at Gethsemane, even His 3 favored disciples fall asleep... now, Jesus is alone at the Temple, in the Tabernacle, madly in love with us, waiting and waiting for us hour after hour, day after day...
He shed drops of Blood at Gethsemane, now He sheds blood of
sorrow in the Tabernacle, seeing so many people going to Hell (Mat.7:13, 21-23)... let's
comfort Jesus, bringing Him to the heart of our neighbors... and our neighbors to Him!.
Second Mystery: The Flagellation de Jesus (San Mateo 27:26).
Now we also flagellate Jesus: Whenever we sin, we reproduce in our flesh all His Passion, we spit in His face, we flagellate Him, we crucify Him (Hebrew 6:6)...
Never to sin anymore... never to insult Him anymore, by leaving
Him alone at the Tabernacle, hour after hour... by not going to the Holy Mass, day after
day...
Third Mystery: The Coronation of Thorns (San Mateo 27:29)
Now we also crown Jesus with thorns, when we received Him in the Eucharist " without discerning ", as if He were worth less than one thousand dollars... or less than five dollars!...
... Priests, nuns, laymen... and for this reason, say St. Paul, there are so many sickly Christians, weak, like death! (1Cor.11:29-30).... thank you, Jesus. Praise you, our friend and God!.
Fourth Mystery: Jesus takes the Cross to Calvary (St. Luke
23:26-32).
Now Jesus comes to the Temple every day... also with His Cross, with the same love... and we despise Him... we treat Him worse that in the Way to Calvary... we don't even care about Him!...
Thank you, Jesus, for your daily trips to the Holy Mass, with your Cross, with your love... give me the grace to go and receive You daily... with devotion, as the greatest invention of God!.
Fifth Mystery: The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ (St.
Luke 23:33-49).
In each Holy Sacrifice of the Mass it happens just as at Calvary... it is the greatest miracle of God, the miracle of time and space... it is not just that its Passion is being reproduced again, but it is the same crucifixion and death of Jesus, exactly as if we were at Calvary on the first Good Friday!
Sweet Jesus, gives us the love and understanding of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass! (Heb.9:12,26).
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