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PETITION to Our Lady of Medjugorje
Medjugorje Picture Gallery
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on tuesday and friday
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1st - The Agony of Jesus in the garden
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Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called
Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and
pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,
and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them: "My
soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch
with me". And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and
prayed, saying: "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass
from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt". (Mat
26,36-39). And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his
sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
(Luk 22,44)
In the forsaking prayer to the Father,
Jesus found strength, trust, and an angel was sent to comfort Him.
So Jesus will be our comforting angel. It's as He said to us: "
Why do you worry in your difficulties? Be strong in me; look to
your God in your most troubled hour, and you will be triumphant."
Let us ask to forsake ourselves to God, to always do His will.
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2nd -The scourging of Jesus at the pillar
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When the morning was come, all the chief priests
and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to
death. And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered
him to Pontius Pilate the governor. And Jesus stood before the
governor: and the governor asked him, saying: "Art thou the King of
the Jews?" And Jesus said unto him: "Thou sayest". And when he was
accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then
said Pilate unto him:" Hearest thou not how many things they witness
against thee?" And he answered him to never a word Pilate saith unto
them: "What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?" They
all say unto him: "Let him be crucified!" And the governor said:" Why,
what evil hath he done?" But they cried out the more, saying: "Let him
be crucified!" (Mat 27). And so Pilate, willing to content the
people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had
scourged him, to be crucified. (Mar 15,15) ss
How many pains, how many torments, and how
many wounds on the body of Jesus? How much blood falls to the ground,
while His tormenters laugh, insult him, and gather their strength to
hit the innocent body of Jesus again? Let us ask to accept every
insult for the love of our Lord, and also a true regret for our sins.
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3rd - The Crowning with Thorns
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Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus
into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of
soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And
when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head,
and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him,
and mocked him, saying:" Hail, King of the Jews!" And they spit upon
him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. And after that
they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his
own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. (Mat
27,27-31)
Think of the indignity, outrage, pain, and
humiliation that Jesus suffered. They striped Him of every
dignity, He was treated as the guilt of our worst sins. He seems
to say to us: " Why do you despair when you suffer? Is that the
way you love me? Meditate about my passions and find in them great
riches." Let us ask the gift of patience to accept all
humiliations, thinking of how Jesus suffered for us.
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4th - The Carrying of the Cross
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And as they led him away, they laid hold upon
one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they
laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. And there
followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also
bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said:
"Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves,
and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the
which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that
never bare, and the paps which never gave suck". ... And there
were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death..
(Luk 23,26-32)
Even if He had suffered just for you,
Jesus would have accepted such pains, great is His love for you.
Along the road to Calvary Jesus sees Mary, His Mother. Can we
imagine the moment when Their eyes met? Oh how Her Heart must have
ached. Let us pray to Mary for the grace to always accept our
cross, so that Her and Jesus may bear it.
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5th - The crucifixion and death of Jesus
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Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his
mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and
Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the
disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother:"
Woman, behold thy son!" Then saith he to the disciple: "Behold
thy mother!" And from that hour that disciple took her unto his
own home. ( Joh 19,25-27)
Jesus wishes to see us close to His
Mother; He wishes that, like children, we keep our hand in the
hand of Mary. That is what He wants. He asks us to look to the
heavenly Mother, that is depend on Her. He asks that we accept
Our Lady as our true Mother, who will ignite in us a fervent
love of Her Son. Mary, we trust in You, take us and put us in
the refuge of Your Immaculate Heart, heal with Your humility
our pride, that so often takes us far from God.
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