Dear Friends tomorrow is the Second Sunday of Lent and today I wish to invite you to join me in my meditation on the Fifth Station of the Cross.
"After they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him. And going out they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon: him they forced to take up his cross." Matthew 27: 31-32 (Douay-Rheims)
O, what pain has pierced the Mother of God in seeing her Son, weakened by the scourges and the insults of his tormentors. She who bore her Son for nine months and nursed him, will now see the pain of losing her Son. In these she remembered the prophesy of Simeon: "And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed." Luke 2:35 As He grew weaker and unable to carry His cross, they forced a man from Cyrene called Simon to carry his cross. It was the time of the great festival, and Jews coming from different parts of the world were congregating in Jerusalem. Simon from the distant norther African City of Cyrene came to Jerusalem for the Passover. Simon never expected that he will be made to carry the cross. In many ways, we too are forced by circumstances to carry the cross. But should we disdain the cross? should we run away from it? or should we avoid it?. Christ said, if we want to follow Him we should carry our crosses and follow Him. How many times that the forced circumstances in our lives where we are forced to carry our cross became a blessing for us in disguise. The trials we face daily are the purifying furnace that cleanses our hearts and makes us more pure in the eyes of God. Without these trials we can never be purified. The thing that makes a difference when we accept our crosses in the name of Jesus Christ, is that we receive it and accept it with joy and happiness. The unbelieving heart will suffer too just like we do, but the difference is that they do not have the consolation coming from God. When we are in the state of grace, our journey to calvary becomes our sweetness. O, Jesus, my Jesus, you are the sweetness that makes my cup lighter, be ever with me this day and till the end.
Let us pray: Dear Jesus, you are my consolation, just like Simon of Cyrene I will take up your cross and accompany you to Calvary. Oh how I wish that I could console your heart that is filled with sorrow. My Jesus let me console you in my simple way, less my heart too that like you eternal hope may inflame my heart and give me strength to carry on till we receive our crown in your eternal kingdom. Amen.
"After they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him. And going out they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon: him they forced to take up his cross." Matthew 27: 31-32 (Douay-Rheims)
O, what pain has pierced the Mother of God in seeing her Son, weakened by the scourges and the insults of his tormentors. She who bore her Son for nine months and nursed him, will now see the pain of losing her Son. In these she remembered the prophesy of Simeon: "And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed." Luke 2:35 As He grew weaker and unable to carry His cross, they forced a man from Cyrene called Simon to carry his cross. It was the time of the great festival, and Jews coming from different parts of the world were congregating in Jerusalem. Simon from the distant norther African City of Cyrene came to Jerusalem for the Passover. Simon never expected that he will be made to carry the cross. In many ways, we too are forced by circumstances to carry the cross. But should we disdain the cross? should we run away from it? or should we avoid it?. Christ said, if we want to follow Him we should carry our crosses and follow Him. How many times that the forced circumstances in our lives where we are forced to carry our cross became a blessing for us in disguise. The trials we face daily are the purifying furnace that cleanses our hearts and makes us more pure in the eyes of God. Without these trials we can never be purified. The thing that makes a difference when we accept our crosses in the name of Jesus Christ, is that we receive it and accept it with joy and happiness. The unbelieving heart will suffer too just like we do, but the difference is that they do not have the consolation coming from God. When we are in the state of grace, our journey to calvary becomes our sweetness. O, Jesus, my Jesus, you are the sweetness that makes my cup lighter, be ever with me this day and till the end.
Let us pray: Dear Jesus, you are my consolation, just like Simon of Cyrene I will take up your cross and accompany you to Calvary. Oh how I wish that I could console your heart that is filled with sorrow. My Jesus let me console you in my simple way, less my heart too that like you eternal hope may inflame my heart and give me strength to carry on till we receive our crown in your eternal kingdom. Amen.
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