1 PETER 2:24:

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed”.

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PICCARRETA:

Jan 16. “Before the pains of Jesus, yours lose hardness, empty themselves of their weight, become small, and almost smile.”

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BOH VOL 1

“My beloved, the things past have been nothing but a preparation. Now I want to come to facts, and in order to dispose your heart to do what I want from you – that is, the imitation of my Life – I want you to sink into the immense sea of my Passion; and when you have understood well the bitterness of my pains, the love with which I suffered them, Who I am who suffered so much, and who you are, a most wretched creature – ah! your heart will not dare to oppose the blows, the cross, which, only for your good, I have prepared.

On the contrary, by just thinking that I, your Master, have suffered so much, your pains will seem shadows to you compared to mine. Suffering will be sweet for you, and you will reach the point of not being able to be without sufferings.”

My nature trembled at the mere thought of sufferings; I prayed that He Himself would give me the strength, because without Him I would use His very gifts to offend the giver.

So, I gave all of myself to meditating the Passion, and this did so much good to my soul, that I believe that all the good has come to me from that source. I pictured the Passion of Jesus Christ like an immense sea of light, which wounded me all over with His innumerable rays – rays of patience, of humility, of obedience, and of
many other virtues.

I saw myself as all surrounded by this light, and I remained annihilated at seeing myself so different from Him.

Those rays that inundated me were as many reproaches for me. I heard them say: “A God so patient – and you? A God humble and submitted even to His very enemies – and you? A God who suffers so much for love of you – and where are your sufferings for love of Him?”

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PRAYER FOR THE DAY:

“Oh my Jesus, I pray that You give me strength; and since the pain of Your privation is so great and has a mysterious and divine sound which other pains do not have, and a weight which surpasses the weight of all other pains together, I pray that, by Your goodness, You would accept my pain, and in view of it, You would grant me the greatest grace: that all may know Your Most Holy Will, and with Its mysterious and divine sound, It may resound in all hearts, and call everyone to fulfill Your Most Holy Will, crushing with Its weight the human will, the passions and sin, so that all may know You, love You, and comprehend what the loss of a God means.”

Adapted from
BOH VOL 18 Nov. 1, 1925