*2 CORINTHIANS 1:5*
“For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too”.
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*PICCARRETA:*
Mar. 16. “Everything you suffer, and even your coldness, give it to Him in order to relieve Him and repair Him.”
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*BOH VOL 2 Aug. 15, 1899*
Now, while I was in this state of annihilation before that Divine Sun, Baby Jesus, being held in the arms of the Queen Mama, told me:
“Our Mama is in Heaven; to you I give the office of acting as my Mama on earth. And since my life is continuously subject to scorns, to poverty, to pains, to the abandonment of men, and my Mama, while being on earth, was my faithful companion in all of these pains – not only this, but She tried to relieve Me in everything, as much as Her strengths were capable of – you too, acting as my mother, will keep Me faithful company in all of my pains, suffering in my place as much as you can; and where you cannot reach, you will try to give Me at least a refreshment.
Know, however, that I want you all intent on Me. I will be jealous even of your breath, if you do not do it for Me; and when I see that you are not all intent on contenting Me, I will give you no peace and no rest.”
After this, I began to act as his mama, but – oh, how much attention was needed to make Him content! To see Him content, one could not even take a glance at any other place. Now He wanted to sleep, now He wanted to drink, now He wanted to be cheered with caresses; and I had to be ready for anything He wanted. Now he would say: “My Mama, my head is hurting – o please, relieve Me!‟; and immediately I would check His head and, finding some thorns, I would remove them, and placing my arms beneath His head I would make Him rest.
While I would make Him rest, all of a sudden, He would get up and say: “I feel a weight and a suffering at my Heart, to the point that I feel I am dying. Take a look at what is in there.” And observing the interior of His Heart, I found all the instruments of the Passion; I removed them one by one, and I placed them in my heart.”
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*PRAYER OF THE DAY:*
“My Jesus, touch my heart with Your Heart, and make me share in Your pains. Making Your pains my own, I place it around the heart of the sinner in order to melt his hardness, and take him back to You.
My beloved Good, You suffer greatly because of the loss of souls; and out of compassion I place my being at your disposal. I will take your pains and the pains of the sinners upon myself, leaving You relieved, and the sinner clinging to You.
O my Jesus, please, let my whole being be melted in love, so that I may be of continuous relief, to soothe all your bitternesses.”
Adapted from
*3rd Hour of the Passion
Reflections and Practices*