God is at work in you!
Begin by kneeling at the foot of the Cross, just below our Crucified Savior.
You lean your right shoulder against the beam to support you while journeying with Jesus through His Passion, then take the base of the beam in your hands and embrace It.
As you do, Jesus manifests His Presence above you in a very powerful way. His Precious Blood drips down upon you, and also runs down the Cross and onto your hands.
You feel the Blood of the Lamb on your hands and also under your hands; the Blood that has been flowing down the Cross is sticky, and draws you into the mystery of Christ's suffering and our redemption very intimately.
Jesus wants His relationship with you to be very, very personal.
As you begin praying, you join Blessed Mother as she takes the hearts of everyone you are praying for and presses them against the base of the Cross. As their hearts absorb the Precious Blood of Christ, which contains love and mercy for all, you weep with gratitude knowing God values us that much.
THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
God's love mystically pours forth from His Sacred Body on the Cross, flowing upon you as you pray for strength to accomplish God's will in imitation of our Savior in the Garden.
There are so many ways we share in Christ's Passion and suffering along the Way of the Cross and while Crucified on Calvary. On this All Saints Day, Jesus enlightens you from the Cross of yet another way He has had you share in His suffering. He shows how your encounters with satan mirror His during His Passion and Crucifixion.
As you pray the First Sorrowful Mystery with Jesus and Blessed Mother in the Garden, you share in Christ's torment as He prays and as the forces of darkness are countered and beaten by their spiritual opposites: submission, unconditional love, humility, and forgiveness.
THE SCOURING AT THE PILLAR
As Jesus is scourged at the pillar, you are shown our Savior scorned, ridiculed, despised, rejected, mocked, and absolutely hated, and see how you have been treated this way also. His response is submission, gentleness, unconditional love, and forgiveness and in this way, the forces of evil are defeated. Those who want to accomplish the will of the devil are present, but also present are many who seek to accomplish the will of God. So much good is accomplished through the devout souls who allow the Lord to work through them.
THE CROWNING WITH THORNS
Jesus shows you how His Passion and Crucifixion came about because of evil which seeks to destroy humanity. This evil manifests itself against the most loving of men through the malice of men.
As Jesus is crowned with thorns He conquers evil by remaining loving, forgiving, unconditionally loving, and always focused on accomplishing the will of God our Father, which is the salvation and sanctification of every single precious, immortal soul.
Those who want to accomplish the will of the devil are present, but also present are many people who seek to accomplish the will of God. So much good is accomplished through the devout souls who allow the Lord to work through them.
THE CARRYING OF THE CROSS
Jesus suffers even more extreme cruelty as He carries the Cross to Calvary. He is catastrophically wounded, disfigured, covered with His Sacred Blood, and is truly the most despised of all men.
Jesus asks His Father to help Him complete the journey along the Way of Sacrificial Love to Calvary for our sake, and He remains loving, forgiving, gentle, and submissive while remaining focused on His mission.
Not all in the crowd or in the Sacred Procession have hearts filled with hatred; there are those who show Jesus great compassion, and He is grateful for the love He is shown along the Way.
THE CRUCIFIXION
The Sorrowful Mysteries are concluded where you began, at the foot of the Cross of your Redeemer.
The rejection and mistreatment of Jesus does not conclude after He was nailed to the Cross by mankind's defiance.
Think about that for a moment.
The mistreatment continued even after His death as His Sacred Heart is torn open by malice using a lance.
Our Savior's patience, forgiveness, love, compassion for us, humility, and surrender throughout His entire life were followed upon His death by an outpouring of more love and unfathomable mercy from His very Heart, His Sacred Heart.
The devout faithful through all time, including Blessed Mother, all the Saints, and our Saints-in-the-Making also kneel reverently beneath the Cross and together with you, surround Jesus on all sides with your love in return.
SOWING MORE PRECIOUS SEEDS OF FAITH
Jesus' goodness touches you so very deeply as you kneel below His Cross this Friday, also All Saints Day.
As you thank Him and love Him in return, a mystical tear of blood flows down your cheek.
As it does, a drop of Jesus' Precious Blood falls from His Sacred Body through the air, lands on your face, and joins with your tear.
This very special drop of sacrificial love, yours combined with His, then rolls off your face and falls onto the ground.
Jesus, what is to become of that drop of your Precious Blood mixed with the tear of my blood?
Our Lord tells you it has been absorbed into the ground and has transformed into a seed of great faith.
These precious seeds with eternal value can be planted any time and in any place. Begin by kneeling down at the foot of Christ's Cross; lean your right shoulder against the beam for support as you journey with Jesus through His Passion. Take the base of the beam in your hands, embrace It , and begin again.
God is at work in you!! Thank you.
"Trust all things to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and to Mary,
Help of Christians,
and you will see what miracles are."
~ Saint John
Bosco
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THE POWERFUL DEVOTION TO THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS
To learn more about the Work of Reparation through the Devotion to the Holy Face,
which our Lord, Jesus Christ called "the most beautiful work under the sun,"
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To learn more about the Work of Reparation through the Devotion to the Holy Face,
which our Lord, Jesus Christ called "the most beautiful work under the sun,"
visit: Work of Reparation Through the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus
Please share the information with others.
God is at work in you!!
