“If only we
could comprehend the nearness of God, the incomparable grace of having Jesus
for our companion in exile. He is so near that when He blesses us, the shadow
of His Divine hand hovers over us.
What does He
seek? A relief from His sorrows and for that He begs the love of our hearts.
Let Him rest then, let Him pour the sorrows of His soul into ours, we who want
Him with a burning love of reparation
.
From the
depths of the tabernacle, His lips still wet with the gall of our ingratitude,
He calls by name those who have come during this Holy Hour to weep over all the
people who disregard His mercies. How great is the sorrow that torments Him!
But greater still, infinitely stronger, is the love which tortures Him….
Jesus: For a
long time I have waited for you well beloved soul, to tell you of the love that
consumes Me. I bless you because you have at last taken pity on your God in His
loneliness. Tell me that My Heart has conquered yours. Assure Me that now you
really love Me. You who are but dust and nothingness, have often left Me to
seek pleasure and enjoyment, while I your God, to save you, left the angels,
left heaven, and after thirty-three years of suffering died as a criminal on a
cross. Despite that, you broke the bonds that united you to Me and freed
yourself from My arms which upheld you, and you preferred the deadly attractions
of sin to Me. Do you remember?
How could you
love such a sad liberty, especially since I have forged chains to bind Me to
your ungrateful heart. Where is your gratitude? And yet I forgive you, but from
now on be Mine forever, entirely Mine in a spirit of gratitude and reparation.”
(From
Twenty Holy Hours by Rev. Mateo
Crawley-Boevery, SS.CC.)
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