Through till the end of the observance of Lent 2018 Scoop will be publishing a serialisation of Katya Rivas’s “The
Passion”. Readers can sign up to receive the serial by email at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dailykatya/. To order a video about Katya’s work see… http://www.apleatohumanity.com/
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
Katya Rivas' Passion : Jesus Prays in the Garden
Extract 4
Jesus
Nobody really believes that I perspired blood that night at Gethsemane, and few believe that I suffered much more in
those hours than in the Crucifixion. It was more painful because it was clearly revealed to Me that the sins of everyone
were made Mine and that I should answer for each one.
Thus I, being innocent and pure, answered to the Father as if I were really guilty of dishonesty and of all the
impurities committed by you, My brothers. You dishonor God who created you to be instruments of the greatness of
Creation and not to stray from the nature given you with the purpose of gradually taking that nature to lead you to
behold the pure vision of Me, your Creator.
Therefore, I was made thief, murderer, adulterer, liar, a sacrilegious person, blasphemer, slanderer, and rebel to the
Father whom I have always loved.
It was precisely this contrast between My Love for the Father and His Will that caused My perspiration of blood. But I
obeyed until the end and for Love of everyone, I covered Myself with the guilt so that I could do My Father’s Will and
save you from eternal damnation.
Consider how many more than human agonies I had that night and, believe Me, nobody could alleviate such anguish because,
on the contrary, I was seeing how each one of you devoted yourself to making my death cruel at every moment that was
given to Me because of the offenses whose penalty I have paid in full. I want it to be known once again how I loved all
men at that hour of abandonment and sadness without name….
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EDITOR’S NOTES: Through till the end of the observance of Lent 2018 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 receive daily extracts from Katya Rivas’s writings by email at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dailykatya/
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