In the first part we talked about the image of God which the Man: male and female; reflects in the world.Now I want to give a talk on my favorite part of the faith and what God went through; The Passion.
If we are the followers of the Crucified Christ; we know that we will end up on the cross and go through the Passion.
The Passion of Christ:In the garden Jesus took Peter, James and John with Him and told them to wait here and pray; keep watch so you won't fall into temptation.
Jesus went over to the large stone and prayed. He was overcome by grief and sorrow for all the sins in the world. From that time, to now and the future. He prayed to the Father to let this chalice pass away from him and let the Father's will be done and not his will.
The Father sent a Angel to comfort Jesus. But, when Jesus went back to the tree and saw the Apostles asleep; he called out to Peter and asked, "could you not stay awake and pray with me for one hour?"Peter, James and John saw Jesus and his face was different; filled with sorrow and fear.
Jesus went back to the large stone and began to pray for another hour and his sweat became like blood; which dripped onto the stone.Judas was at the temple and sold Jesus for thirty sliver coins and led them to the garden to arrest Jesus.
The guards asked for Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus said, "I am he." The guards nearly fell down. Again they asked for him and he said, "I am he who you seek. You come with clubs and torches as if I am a criminal but you did not arrest me when I taught in the temple." Judas came over to Jesus, kissed him and said, "hail rabbi."
Jesus said, "You disobey the Son of Man with a kiss?"The guards put their hands on Jesus; Judas ran away in sorrow for what he has done and Peter took out a sword; cut off the ear of the High Priest's servant.
Jesus healed the servant and told Peter: "Peter, put it down, those who live by the sword; die by the sword."The guards hand cuffed Jesus and the beating began. Punches, slaps, hits with the chains and clubs and they also began to spat upon him. James and John ran from the guards.
John went to Our Mother to tell her they have Jesus and will be on trial. It is a few miles from the garden to the part of the temple where the trial took place.
The Precious blood was already being poured out for us but nothing like the scourging and crucifixion. The trial was not a true trial; because not all the officials were there. Only those officials who hated Jesus were there to condemn him to death.
The few good high priests left because it was not a fair trial. The head high priest tore his garments after Jesus spoke and the high priest said Jesus spoke falsely. People said, "Crucify him!" and so the temple guards beat him more and took him to Pilate; so Jesus could be put to death.
Peter was outside the temple and denied Jesus three times; Judas went and hanged himself. When Jesus got to Pilate; he was taken in and questioned to see who Jesus is and also to see what wrong Jesus has done.
Pilate finds no fault in Jesus and the Jews do not like it and wants Jesus dead. But, since Jesus is from a different region of Judea; Pilate sends Jesus to Herod to be questioned; Herod finds no fault in Jesus and sends him back to Pilate.
Pilate tells the news from Herod and says I will have him whipped fourty times; but the devil had the men who did the whipping; whipped and cained Jesus 1200 times. Why so many times?
Because the devil didn't want Jesus to die on the cross to redeem us.After the Roman guard stopped the torture; told those who whipped him and cained him to clean him up; but they placed on his head a crown of thorns and mocked Jesus. The put a purple cloak on him and a reed in his hand.
The guards mocked him and spat wine in his face. Pilate saw what happened and showed the crowd; "Ecce Homo" "Behold the Man" The crowd said, "Kill Him!" "Release the man who killed." Pilate washed his hands; gave the order and Jesus accepted the cross. Jesus literally dragged himself along the way carrying his cross through the streets of Jerusalem.
Jesus fell three times we know of. He met his mother along the way, then finally he fell for the final time and needed help to carry the cross. The holy woman Veronica wiped the face of Jesus. He left his image on her veil.
He talked to the women of Jerusalem and told them to weep for their children; because the wombs will become barren. Finally, Jesus reaches the top of Calvary.The cross was laid in the middle and Jesus fell on to the cross and was nailed to it. He prayed to the Father, "Forgive them for they do not know what they are doing." Jesus told the good theif he will be with him in Paradise.
At the end of the three hours, Jesus gave up the Spirit and died.Now, let me talk on the Passion we will go through.The Man is to reflect God in the world; means we will go through the Passion and will be crucified. When we are hated for sticking up for marriage between man and woman; this is part of the Passion.
The part where Jesus is being judged by the high priests.This is part of our life as a Catholic; follower of the Crucified Christ. We should have a great joy and love of Christ's Passion; because it will become our own Passion.
Right now the Church as a whole is going through the Passion and it seems the Church has been getting stronger and closer to Her husband; Jesus.To reflect God in the world is to fall in love with the Passion of Christ; to become closer to the Crucified Christ and to show those in agony how to handle and live in joy in the suffering by giving the sorrows to Jesus on the cross.This is the way to reflect God in the world through the Passion of Christ. God bless.
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