WORDS TO PONDER

 

WORDS TO PONDER

 

STEP BY STEP…

 

WOULD YOU ALLOW YOUR SON TO BE MUTILATED?

JULY 16, FEAST OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

 

THE SCAPULAR

 

FLAGELLATION IS RENEWED... AND HOW DO YOU PAY HIM?

Blasphemy, denials, indifference, impurity, pride, sacrileges… all the outcries of deicides, and all the torrent of vileness and ignominy have the awful privilege of reaching Jesus' feet, of rising to His face and profaning it as it was profaned by Judas' kiss… And Jesus Christ does not go away!... He is love's captive, betrayed by His own Heart… He is there, crushed by the outrages of men… He is there, seated on the criminal's bench… He has committed a great crime, the sublime crime of loving man with divine passion…. And see how man repays Him— with neglect and loneliness!...

Extract from the book "Holy Hours" by R. Father Mateo Crawley-Boevey.