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The Medallion of the Apostolate of the New Evangelization
The Passion
Reflections that Jesus makes on the mystery of His suffering and the value it has on the Redemption.
Cochabamba — Bolivia
Spanish Editions: 1996 and 1998
English 1st Edition - November 1999
The Passion
Extract 16
Jesus
In the Will of Father I have lived days of intense sadness without complaining but accepting what the Father wanted to
make Me feel. When I was apprehended in the Garden, My accusers were quick with every lie and I, without the least
resistance, allowed them to take Me to wherever they wanted to. And when they wanted to encircle My Head with the crown
of thorns, I bowed My Head without resistance, because I took everything from the hands of He who had sent Me into the
world.
When the arms of those cruel men were exhausted by the force of discharging blows against My Body, they placed over My
head the crown woven with branches of thorns, and parading before Me they said: “So you are King? We salute you!”
Some spat at Me; others insulted Me; others discharged new blows against My head, each one adding a new pain to My Body,
so hurt and destroyed.
I am tired; I have nowhere to rest. Lend Me your heart and your arms to cover Myself in your love. I am cold and
feverish; embrace Me for an instant before they continue destroying this temple of Love.
The soldiers and executioners, with their dirty hands, push My Body, and others with disgust for My Blood, push Me with
their lances and reopen My flesh. With a shove they seat Me on sharp stones; I cry in silence because of the pain. In a
grotesque way, they make fun of My tears. Finally they tear My temples, forcing down the crown woven of thorny branches.
Consider how with that crown, I wanted to make reparation for the sin of pride of so many souls who, wishing to be
excessively praised, let themselves be influenced by the false opinions of the world. Above all, I allowed them to crown
My Head with thorns. My Head suffered cruelly this way in order to make reparation through voluntary humility for the
loathing and proud pretense of so many souls. Souls who because they judge it unworthy of their condition and status,
refuse to follow the path set by My Providence.
No path is humiliating when it is planned by the Will of God… In vain you intend to fool yourselves, thinking of
following the Will of God and in full submission of whatever He asks of you.
There are people in the world who, when the moment of decision arrives (to undertake a new type of life), reflect and
examine the desires of their hearts. Maybe they will find, in him or her with whom they plan to unite, the solid
foundations for a Christian and pious life. Perhaps they will see that they will follow their family duties in a way
necessary to satisfy their wishes of happiness. But vanity and pride come to obscure their spirit and they let
themselves be pulled by the desire of being prominent and showing off. Then they do their best to look for someone, who
being richer or of high class, to satisfy their ambition. O! How stubbornly they blind themselves. No, I will tell them,
you will not find real happiness in this world and I hope that you will find it in the next. Watch out, you are putting
yourself in great danger!
I will also talk to the souls to whom I call to the path of perfection. How many illusions are in those who tell Me that
they are ready to do My Will and then they pierce My Head with the thorns of My Crown.
Respectively, there are souls whom I want for Myself. Knowing them and loving them, I want to place them where I live,
in My infinite wisdom, where they will find all that is necessary to reach sanctity. It is there where I will make
Myself known to them, and where they will give Me more comfort, more love, and more souls.
But, so many deceptions! So many souls are blinded with pride and arrogance for mere ambition. They fill their heads
with vain and useless thoughts; they refuse to follow the path that lays out My Love.
Souls whom I have chosen, do you think that you fulfill My Will by resisting the voice of the grace that calls you and
guides you along that path which your pride rejects?
My daughter, love of My sorrows, console Me. Make a throne in your small heart for your King and Savior and crown Me
with kisses.
Crowned with thorns and covered with a purple mantle, the soldiers presented Me again to Pilate. Not finding in Me a
crime for which to punish Me, Pilate asked Me several questions, asking Me why I did not answer him knowing that he had
all power over Me.
Then, breaking My silence I told him: ”You would not have that power if you had not received it from above, but it is
necessary that the Scriptures be carried out.” And, abandoning Myself to My Celestial Father, I was silent again.
EDITOR’S NOTES: Through the Christian season of Lent 2006, Scoop will be publishing a series of daily reflections on the Passion from
Bolivian author Katya Rivas. Rivas, has received an official imprimatur from the Catholic Church for several books..
Readers can sign up to recieve daily extracts from Katya Rivas's writings by email at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dailykatya/
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