The
Agony in the Garden
1. Jesus after the Last
Supper took Peter, James and John into the Garden and told them to pray.
These were the same
apostles He took up Mt. Tabor at the Transfiguration. So they saw Jesus
with Elijah and Moses and transfigured at this special time, on Mt.
Tabor, and now they see Jesus, as He is in the Garden, in great
suffering. In the Garden, Jesus sweat Blood because the suffering was
so great.
2. The agony in the
garden was after the last supper, where Jesus instituted the Eucharist.
After this tremendous
experience at the Last Supper, Jesus went into the Garden.
He took these three
Apostles so they would be a part of it.
3. Jesus prepared His
Apostles in a very special way. They were afraid after they arrested
Jesus and Peter had cut off the ear of the high priest's servant.
4. These Apostles had
not yet experienced the special coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
and they were afraid. They were human.
5. We see Peter's fear
when he is accused of being one of them and Peter denied Jesus three
times.
6. Jesus went to the
Apostles 3 times, in the Garden, and told them to not enter into
temptation, but to pray. Jesus said pray, they had not understood what
was about to happen.
7. Jesus told Peter at
the Last Supper, he would deny Him three times, before the cock crows.
8. Jesus in His Divine
knowing, in His Divine justice, knew all the men that would sin gravely
and never make reparation for their sins, or even, say they were sorry.
9. Jesus’ anguish was so
great, His blood fell to the ground.
10. Sometimes suffering
is so great, waiting and thinking what will happen. Jesus knew, in His
Divine knowing, everything that would happen. Jesus knew the men who
would reject His gifts, and be condemned to hell for their hard-hearts
and grave sins.
The
Scourging at the Pillar
1.
Jesus was tied to a pillar and the men whipped Jesus tearing His flesh
and beating Him profusely. Jesus loved these men and suffered for their
sins at the pillar.
2. Jesus emptied Himself
because of His love for us. Jesus is love. Jesus gave His all in the
bitter passion.
3. Jesus could have
stopped it all, Jesus is the Son of God, but He came and gave Himself,
to pay for our sins, He loves us so much.
Jesus is truly present
in His Divinity and humanity in the Eucharist, Jesus gives us Himself
today in the Eucharist.
4. We eat His Body and
drink His blood. Jesus gave His all for love of us, so we can have
eternal life someday, if we serve and love God.
5. Jesus
shed His precious blood and was wounded at the pillar for our sins.
6. Wounds,
we all suffer wounds of different kinds, in dealing with others, wounds
of the heart, disappointments, unloving ways, wounds of the body, wounds
from many things. Jesus wants us to live to please God, but we will
suffer. Jesus knows how we suffer. Jesus paid the price for our sins.
Jesus
suffered for others who sinned against us. What we do to others we do to
Jesus.
7. Our
Father created us and loves us so much, He sent Jesus, His only begotten
Son into this world to pay for our sins and the sins of others.
8. Do we
understand how much Jesus loves us that He emptied Himself and suffered
for us so we can one day have eternal life, if we love and serve the
Lord.
9. We need
to trust Jesus, who loves us so much that He gave Himself like this so
we can grow in greater life in Him.
10. Jesus
wants us to love Him with our whole heart, our whole soul and our whole
mind and love our neighbor as ourselves.
The
Crowning with Thorns
1. Seeking
dominance for dominance sake in pride is an enemy that keeps us from
putting Jesus first in our lives, like the first commandment tells us we
must do.
2. Pride is
a deadly sin. We see Jesus who is the way, the truth and the life, who
gave Himself, who allowed Himself to be crowned with thorns for the sins
of pride and the sins of the mind.
3. Think of
all the talents God has given us in men's minds to know things. God gave
us these talents to help promote the Kingdom of God.
4. They
mocked Jesus and crowned Him with a crown of thorns, they pounded into
His head.
Think of
blood running down His face and how they pounded His head, hurting His
eyes, His ears and His teeth going into His tongue.
5. Envision
Jesus' bloody face and head and eyes and these men mocking Jesus, mocked
Him as King of the Jews.
6. They
gave Jesus an ugly, dirty purple robe and a scepter, and they laughed at
Him, they spit on Jesus, they mocked Jesus, the Son of God. Oh Jesus we
are so very sorry for this terrible treatment given to You. We are sorry
for our sins, Jesus.
7. Oh
Divine God, we are so sorry for all the sin in the world and how men
hurt others and lie about what they do, making right seem wrong, and
wrong seem right.
8. Jesus is
the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords and He endured this treatment
for our sins. What we do to others in sin we do to Jesus. Jesus paid the
price for our sins and the sins of those who sinned against us.
8. We
should identify our suffering with Jesus, who is Divinely just and
suffered for all the sins of all men. Oh God we are so very sorry!!!!
9. God
gives us Himself in the Eucharist. We were created in the image and
likeness of God. Our true home is in heaven. We are commanded to love
God with our whole heart, our whole soul and our whole being and love
our neighbor as ourselves.
10. We love
You so much Jesus. Help us to obey the first commandment that says:
1. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
The
Carrying of the Cross
1. From
the Seven Sorrows - February 22, 1995
4. Jesus
Carries His Cross
See the
eyes that look at Mary, her tender infant child. See the child's Heart
beat so tenderly, the Savior of the world!
See the
eyes of Jesus and Mary as they met on Calvary. Mary's Heart knew Jesus'
Heart so well! From the first moment of conception and throughout His
life, Mary was so connected with Jesus and now she peered into His eyes.
The crown of thorns adorned His Head! Blood ran down His face! A heavy
cross on His back! Wounded, His whole body covered with bleeding wounds!
And her whole life flashed before her, the life that she had spent with
Jesus. This was the beloved child that she had held in her arms when
Simeon told Mary that 'a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!'
2. Sing:
See the Eyes that look at Mary
3. From
the Seven Sorrows - November 26, 2021
4. Mary
and Jesus meet on the way to Calvary
R. Oh Mary
looked into the face of Jesus, His head beaten, bloodied and His head
crowned with thorns.
Jesus was
in such suffering, His torn body, carrying the heavy cross with our
sins.
Jesus saw
her red, tear-filled face, her pain so terrible, and Their eyes met in
sorrow and joy of deep unity between this Mother and Son.
There is
joy in deep suffering. It is unity, many times, deep unity to God.
Oh the eyes
of Jesus met Mary, comfort and agony both. Comfort and agony beyond our
comprehension.
Love is
sacrifice, we see.
Love can be
the deep suffering of carrying a cross too, or just daily suffering,
with
addiction, loss, disease, heartache, abuse,
and many
more...
Mary cries
for she knew how much Jesus suffered and she suffered for men who reject
God’s love, some losing their souls in serious sin without repenting -
in stubborn anger and hatred.
And Mary
cried for her children and a sword too will pierce your heart, Oh Mary.
Amen
4. Song:
A Song from Jesus
5. You know
how some things can mount up. We can experience some sufferings in many
parts of our lives, our relationships and we have to stop and say: Jesus
we turn all this over to You. Jesus knows our suffering, Jesus
understands when we have heart ache and illness. Jesus wept at the death
of His friend Lazarus, Jesus knows our hearts.
6. Come
Lord Jesus, fill us with Your love, fill us with the grace we need most,
now.
7. We want
to offer up all our sufferings as a sacrifice united to the Mass for the
intentions we need in our lives, for the priests, the Church and the
world.
8. Little
sufferings can feel like crosses we have to endure in everyday life. We
can identify our sufferings with Jesus today and ask Him to help us
carry our crosses.
9. It is
the mystery of suffering, but Fr. Carter says without suffering we
cannot love. We can disappoint others and not even realize it many
times. We are always learning as long as we live. To love, Fr. Carter
says, we must have a willingness to suffer.
10. Come
Holy Spirit, help us to know the will of God the Father for us. Many
times when we put so much importance on things that aren't God's will,
we make sufferings for ourselves, that need not be. Please Holy Spirit
help us to endure the everyday happenings in our lives, as the Father
intends for us. Please Holy Spirit infuse in our intellects:
understanding, knowledge, wisdom and counsel so we can serve God in love
as He intends. Help us to build the Kingdom of God in our lives. We love
You, and thank God for all His Gifts, and giving us life.
The
Crucifixion
1. Jesus
Died on the Cross
Mary and
John and Mary Magdalene was under the cross as Jesus was crucified.
Think of
the sufferings that they endured. Jesus' thoughts were of us as
He died on
the cross. Jesus gave us Mary our Mother, as our Mother from the cross.
2. Let's
look at what Mary said about being there:
From
the Seven Sorrows - November 26, 2021
5. Jesus Died on the Cross
R. What can
we say of the suffering there.
Mary said
it, crying as she spoke.
Mary’s Message -
from the Rosary of August
27, 1996
Mary:
I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I
saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My
Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I
suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and
give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this
message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I
stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried
for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How
do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I
appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject
me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored.
The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you.
Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and
I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart
was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this
day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold
back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to
help my children. You are my children of light.
end of Mary's Message
& excerpt
3. Can we
ever imagine the invisible swords in the heart of Mary as she watched
the excruciating suffering of her beloved Son, die on the cross from the
crucifixion. Mary's face must have been covered with red and swollen
from her constant crying and agony.
4. We can
identify the suffering in our lives with Jesus. This helps us in being
more united in His suffering in His passion and crucifixion.
5. Think
how hard it is to know that you have to go through hard events in our
lives and many times wait and wait. Now look at Jesus' face on the
cross. Jesus hung for 3 hours on the cross to His death.
6. Jesus'
hands were nailed with big nails. Jesus' arms were stretched.
Jesus' feet were nailed to the cross. Jesus emptied Himself
for us. Jesus loves us so much.
7. Jesus
was full of wounds, He shed His precious blood and was bloodied and
beaten raw.
8. To top
it off, His head was crowned with a crown of thorns, His head beaten and
bloodied and He hung - for 3 hours to His death!!!
9. From
the Seven Sorrows - November 26, 2021
6. Jesus
is taken down from the Cross
R. Mary
received Jesus’ body under the cross.
Mary
touched the lifeless body of her precious Son, Jesus.
It has come
full circle, Simeon told her as she brought her little baby there now 33
years later, what Simeon said happened.
A lifetime
of suffering and joy, God the Father has allowed Mary to appear 27 years
to deliver her message. November 5, 2021 in Clearwater she cried, "Souls
will go to hell tonight, do not block my message."
10.
From the Seven Sorrows - November 26, 2021
7. Jesus
is Locked in the Tomb
R. Imagine
the sorrow in Mary’s Heart. Jesus died. Jesus was locked in the tomb.
And Simeon
said
"This child
is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel."
And a sword
too will pierce your heart, oh Mary.
Song: At
the cross her station keeping
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of excerpt
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