Mar 07 2009
On The Way Of The Cross: The Second Station
OK, so I’m not a photographer.
The government is upon His shoulder(Isa 9:5. Vulgate).
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple (Lk 9:27).
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency may be of the power of God and not of us. In all things we suffer tribulation: but are not distressed. We are straitened: but are not destitute. We suffer persecution: but are not forsaken. We are cast down: but we perish not. Always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies. For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake: that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh (2 Cor 4:7-11)
When the sentence had been read, they drag off with fury this innocent divine lamb; they put His own garments on Him again, and, taking the cross, composed of two rough beams, present it to Him. Jesus waits not for them to lay it upon Him, but of Himself He embraces it, kisses and lays it upon His wounded shoulders, saying, Come, my beloved cross, three and thirty years I have been going about seeking thee; on thee I desire to die for the love of my little flock.
Ah, my Jesus! What more couldst thou possibly have done to lay on me the necessity of loving Thee? If one of my servants had only offered himself to die for me, surely he would have won my love; and how, then, can I have lived so long a time without having loved Thee, knowing that Thou, my sovereign and only Lord, didst die to pardon me? I love Thee, O my chief Good, and because I love Thee I repent of having offended Thee.
