TWENTY SEVENTH MEDITATION FOR LENT
"Behold, the hour cometh, and it is now come, that you shall be scattered every man to his own and shall leave me alone." (John 16:32)
What were the sentiments of the Heart of Jesus Christ when predicting to His Apostles their cowardice and ingratitude, their flight and abandonment of Him? But could these same Apostles believe that they were capable of abandoning so good a Master? However, that happened. But, O my Savior, has that time passed? Jesus Christ is on our altars night and day, and how many of us are eager to be assiduous in paying Him court? When was the palace of a prince without a crowd of courtiers, although only a few get the privilege of speaking to him? Jesus Christ is the only one that the world treats with indifference; He is always ready and extremely desirous to do good to all, and yet He is left almost always alone.
[From 'The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus' by Fr. John Croiset, SJ]
What were the sentiments of the Heart of Jesus Christ when predicting to His Apostles their cowardice and ingratitude, their flight and abandonment of Him? But could these same Apostles believe that they were capable of abandoning so good a Master? However, that happened. But, O my Savior, has that time passed? Jesus Christ is on our altars night and day, and how many of us are eager to be assiduous in paying Him court? When was the palace of a prince without a crowd of courtiers, although only a few get the privilege of speaking to him? Jesus Christ is the only one that the world treats with indifference; He is always ready and extremely desirous to do good to all, and yet He is left almost always alone.
[From 'The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus' by Fr. John Croiset, SJ]
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