Meditation 68
MARY AND THE DEATH OF JESUS
1. The Last Words.
a) Though it was only about midday, when they nailed Jesus to the cross, a thick darkness invaded the earth. The sun is darkened to veil the frightful scene of Calvary. In the middle of the silent darkness which enveloped the earth, Jesus opened His lips and cried My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Listen to those words. Make them resound in the depth of your heart. Ask Our Lady by whose side you are, to make you understand the mysterious meaning of Christ's desolation.
Stop a while and think. Jesus abandoned and alone! What a desolation is His when He finds Himself alone on Calvary, abandoned in the Tabernacle, derelict in so many souls who pay no heed to Him. Are you one of them? How this complaint strikes the heart of Mary! You indeed however great your sufferings cannot complain that you are left alone. Jesus chose to be abandoned that you may never be so. God has undertaken never to abandon you and yet how justly He could do so! Considering your inconstancy, your faults, your relapses, your want of love, is God not entitled to tire of you? Embrace Our Lady at the foot of the cross and request Her for the sake of Her Son never to relinquish you, never to abandon you. While you, for your part, promise never to desert Jesus.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
MARY AND THE DEATH OF JESUS
1. The Last Words.
a) Though it was only about midday, when they nailed Jesus to the cross, a thick darkness invaded the earth. The sun is darkened to veil the frightful scene of Calvary. In the middle of the silent darkness which enveloped the earth, Jesus opened His lips and cried My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Listen to those words. Make them resound in the depth of your heart. Ask Our Lady by whose side you are, to make you understand the mysterious meaning of Christ's desolation.
Stop a while and think. Jesus abandoned and alone! What a desolation is His when He finds Himself alone on Calvary, abandoned in the Tabernacle, derelict in so many souls who pay no heed to Him. Are you one of them? How this complaint strikes the heart of Mary! You indeed however great your sufferings cannot complain that you are left alone. Jesus chose to be abandoned that you may never be so. God has undertaken never to abandon you and yet how justly He could do so! Considering your inconstancy, your faults, your relapses, your want of love, is God not entitled to tire of you? Embrace Our Lady at the foot of the cross and request Her for the sake of Her Son never to relinquish you, never to abandon you. While you, for your part, promise never to desert Jesus.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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