LESSONS FROM OUR MASTER

The outstretched arms – The sins we commit of being unwelcoming

Jesus’ arms are pulled out as far as they can go, as if to show us that God loves us that much. Who among us can ever extend his arms out in full and say I love anyone that much?

Am I a welcoming person and make people feel comfortable?
Are my arms always outstretched and open to comforting those who need it?

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The body of Christ stripped of His garments – The sins we commit of the flesh

As if He is not humiliated enough from the scourging and the carrying of his cross, Jesus is made to be fully exposed in body as His clothes are removed.

Do I show too much of my body publicly?
Am I mindful that chastity is as much in the mind as in the flesh or the manner of dressing?
Do I strip people of their dignity through my callus or cruel words and behavior?
Do take pride in clothing my body and the way I should cloth my body?
Have I stripped myself of all that would distract me from God, or at least made a lifelong commitment to daily work on all that would distract me from God?

WHAT TO GIVE IN RETURN

THE CRUCIFIX VENERATED BY THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE AGONY OF CHRIST - JAEN IN SPAIN

GOD GAVE HIMSELF TO YOU; GIVE THEN YOURSELF TO GOD.

ST ROBERT SOUTHWELL

LESSON FROM THE CRUCIFIX

IMAGE OF THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST VENERATED IN BAEZA SPAIN

For Catholics, the Crucifix is essential for living out our daily lives. The Crucifix is the symbol of Christ’s ultimate act of love for us. The Crucifix depicts Jesus nailed to the cross and dying for our sins. We hang a crucifix on the walls of our homes and wear a crucifix on a chain around our necks so that we will be visibly reminded of Jesus’ love for us and our redemption.

For those who desire a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, the Crucifix also serves as an ideal focus of meditation. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen said that the summary of all our sins can be found on the Crucifix. It is, therefore, the perfect way to examine our consciences.

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THE CRUCIFIX KNOWN  AS CHRIST OF BLOOD FOUND  AT THE PARISH OF SAN BENITO AND PROPERTY OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF SAN BENITO

BEHOLD JESUS CHRIST NAILED TO THE CROSS ON CALVARY TEACHING US THE VIRTUE OF SILENCE. JESUS WAS ACCUSED BUT HE DID NOT MAKE ANY FUSS. HE SPOKE WHEN IT WAS NECESSARY.

LET US LEARN FROM HIM AND VALUE THIS VIRTUE. LET US SPEAK WHEN AND AS NECESSARY, AVOID SPEAKING VAINLY ON OUR NEIGHBOURS AND WE WILL NEVER SIN.

WE WILL ENJOY THE PEACE OF HEART AND MIND IF WE VALUE SILENCE.

REMEMBER SILENCE IS GOLDEN.

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HOLY CROSS VENERATED IN SEVILLE

(KNOWN AS THE AGONY OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS)

Look at our master. He is suffering on the cross for our salvation. No pupil is better than his master. If our master suffered we must also thread that way without any complaints. Let us pray to God to help us walk the journey of sufferings as he did.  It is in this direction that we must take to arrive in His Presence.

BEFORE THE CRUCIFIX

Prayer Before a Crucifix

Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, While

 before Thy face I humbly kneel And with burning 

soul, pray and beseech Thee, To fix deep in my heart,

 Lively sentiments of faith, hope and charity, True 

contrition for my sins And a firm purpose of 

ammendment. While I contemplate with great love 

and tender pity, Thy five most precious wounds, 

Pondering over them within me, And calling to mind 

the words that David, Thy prophet, said of Thee , my

 Jesus, “They have pierced My hands and feet, They 

have numbered all my bones.” (Ps. 22:17) 

THE CRUCIFIX MEANS..............

THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST - A GREAT BOOK

The Crucifixion — Pompeo Batoni, 1762

From twelve o’clock until three o’clock there was an unearthly darkness that fell over the land, for nature, in sympathy with its Creator, refused to shed its light upon the crime of deicide. Humankind, having condemned the Light of the World, now lost the cosmic symbol of the Light, the sun. At Bethlehem, where He was born at midnight, the heavens were suddenly filled with light; at Calvary, when He entered into the ignominy of His crucifixion at midday, the heavens were bereaved of light.

—Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Life of Christ