consolata 11

Meditation on the fifth station of the Cross

(Jesus is aided by the Cyrenean): 

'Religious soul... 

thou art My Cyrenean... 

whom, in My infinite love, I have chosen... 

that I may lay upon thee the burden which oppresses Me. 

The burden of My Love, of My Mercy, which is unknown to the world. 

It will be thy mission to console the infinite Love of God... 

which seeks solace from its little creature.'

'Consider: 

I wish to raise up thy Lazaruses... 

thy sinful brethren of whom there are so many...

Conduct Me to their sepulchre!

And where is the sepulchre? 

Behold, one is buried in the vice of gluttony, well, this is his sepulchre. 

By practicing mortification of the taste, thou wilt conduct Me to his sepulchre. 

Another is immersed in other vices, he is dead. 

Thou by leading an angelic life wilt lead Me to his sepulchre. 

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But be attentive. 

I gave the command and made the dead arise. 

Yet he was bound, and I ordered those around to loose his hands. 

Do thou pursue the practices of mortification... 

to complete the work of the resurrection of sinners... 

and obtain for them deliverance from their evil habits.'

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