Meditation on the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ











Come, all of you who love God; come see what our Lord has done for us. Come, all of you who have been redeemed by the very pure blood of the innocent Lamb; look and understand what he has suffered for our sin.

Today the Book of Life is opened for us; the seven seals are broken open (Rev. 6). Truth shines, in it all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are revealed (Rom 11,33); a spring containing the mysteries of God is opened for us.

Today the veil of the sanctuary is torn in two (Mt 27,51); all images give way to reality.The Holy of Holies opens wide open, thanks to Jesus, the chief priest. The sacrifice that he offers is nothing else than his own blood. Today in Jesus Christ all symbols find their meaning, all mysteries are revealed. Today the Father's great treasure is disclosed and all the poor, the weak, the oppressed will pick from it, hands full. Everybody can draw from the open wounds of the Lord the grace he needs... Today the admirable mystery, that is above all the other mysteries, is revealed: the king of men made himself the scum of humanity. The Highest made himself the last of all; the Only Son of God offers himself freely on the cross for the poor sinners that we are. He wants to nail our sin to the cross, kill death and through his precious blood obliterate the bound against us (Col 2,14)...

Didn't he say: “When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself” (Jn 12,32)? Everyone, meaning all men, on whom every one looks alike. Many men encounter the cross; through many trials God leads them to this cross, to draw them to him. Then they will bring their cross willingly and in this way become his true friends.

~John Tauler (about 1300-1361), Dominican
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  1. Rod4/6/07, 9:16 AM

    Your site is beautiful, I was fortunate enough to find it through Brittany from http://intothedeep.wordpress.com/ .

    I am asking you and your readers to say a very special prayer this Holy Week and especially Easter Sunday and Monday. On Easter Monday a young, all alone, 12 year old Ethiopian boy named Alex will present himself to the court in Lalibela, Ethiopia to petition for the final part of his adoption by my family. We are unable to be there due to the financial burden. But we are there in spirit and in prayers and each day we talk to Alex by email or phone.

    We ask you and your readers to have a special vigil for Alex and to come together with us and bless him and ask our God in Heaven and the Beloved Mary to be beside Alex and to touch the hearts and souls of those who can make his dream, his prayer a reality.

    Please consider linking to his web site at http://alex-roadtofreedom.blogspot.com/2007/04/easter-vigil-for-alex-success.html

    or at http://alex-roadtofreedom.blogspot.com

    Thank you

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