TWENTY EIGHT MEDITATION FOR LENT
"Amen I say to you, one of you that eateth with me shall betray me . . . but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed." (Mark 14:18-21)
That the Scribes and Pharisees, that the impious and criminals should have conspired against Jesus Christ might be expected, as they were His mortal enemies. But that Jesus Christ should see Himself betrayed by a favorite, by ans Apostle, by a man whom this Divine Savior had chosen in preference to so many others, and to whom He had given such striking marks of ardent love! But, my Savior, since it is Thou who choosest Thy servants and favorites, how long wilt Thou continue to find ungrateful ones and even traitors among those whom Thou choosest, among the many Christians whom Thou hast chosen by a pure effect of Thy love in preference to so many infidels, with whom Thou dost deign to make Thy abode, on whom Thou dost pour out so liberally Thy favors and to whom Thou dost give even Thyself? How many people abuse Thy favors! How many ungrateful people refuse to receive Holy Communion and how many traitors there are among those who do receive Holy Communion! And, O my Savior, shall I be insensible to all this?
[From 'The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus' by Fr. John Croiset, SJ]
That the Scribes and Pharisees, that the impious and criminals should have conspired against Jesus Christ might be expected, as they were His mortal enemies. But that Jesus Christ should see Himself betrayed by a favorite, by ans Apostle, by a man whom this Divine Savior had chosen in preference to so many others, and to whom He had given such striking marks of ardent love! But, my Savior, since it is Thou who choosest Thy servants and favorites, how long wilt Thou continue to find ungrateful ones and even traitors among those whom Thou choosest, among the many Christians whom Thou hast chosen by a pure effect of Thy love in preference to so many infidels, with whom Thou dost deign to make Thy abode, on whom Thou dost pour out so liberally Thy favors and to whom Thou dost give even Thyself? How many people abuse Thy favors! How many ungrateful people refuse to receive Holy Communion and how many traitors there are among those who do receive Holy Communion! And, O my Savior, shall I be insensible to all this?
[From 'The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus' by Fr. John Croiset, SJ]
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