The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary
The Agony in the Garden: Contrition for our sins.
The Scourging at the Pillar: Mortification of our senses.
The Crowning with Thorns: Interior mortification.
The Carrying of the Cross: Patience under crosses.
The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord: That we may die to ourselves. |
The Scourging At The Pillar
So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a
riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the
crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it
yourselves." And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and
on our children!" Then he released for them Barab'bas, and having
scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
The Crowning With Thorns
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the praetorium,
and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they
stripped him and put a scarlet robe upon him, and plaiting a crown
of thorns they put it on his head, and put a reed in his right
hand. And kneeling before him they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King
of the Jews!" And they spat upon him, and took the reed and struck
him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him
of the robe, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to
crucify him.
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And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyre'ne, who
was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to
carry it behind Jesus. And there followed him a great multitude of
the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.
The Crucifixion
Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to
death with him. And when they came to the place which is called
The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the
right and one on the left. And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them;
for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide his
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 The Cross It Was His Own
They borrowed a bed to lay His head when Christ the Lord
came down;
They borrowed the ass in the mountain pass for Him to ride to town;
But the cross that he wore and the cross that he bore were His own -
The cross it was His own.
He borrowed the bread when the crowd he fed on the grassy mountainside,
He borrowed the dish of broken fish with which he satisfied.
But the crown that he wore and the cross that he bore were His own -
The cross it was His own.
He borrowed the ship in which to sit to teach the multitude;
He borrowed the nest in which to rest He had never a home so crude;
But the crown that he wore and the cross that he bore were His own -
The cross it was His own.
He borrowed a room on the way to the tomb the Passover lamb to eat;
They borrowed a cave for him a grave, they borrowed a winding sheet.
But the crown that he wore and the cross that he bore were His own -
The cross it was His own.
~ Author Unknown |
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Legend of the Dogwood Tree
When Christ was on earth, the dogwood grew
To a towering size with lovely hue.
Its branches were strong and interwoven
And for Christ's cross its timbers were chosen.
Being distressed at the use of this wood,
Christ made a promise which still holds good:
"Not ever again shall the dogwood grow
To be large enough for such a tree, and so
Slender and twisted it shall always be
With cross-shaped blossoms for all to see.
The petals shall have bloodstains marked in brown
And in the blossom's center a thorny crown.
All who see it will think of Me,
Nailed to a cross from the dogwood tree.
Protected and cherished this tree shall be
A reflection to all of my agony."
-Author Unknown |
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