Meditation on the Passion

Meditation on the Passion

Available for the first time on Kindle, this â€œCatholic classicâ€ ranks with other titles about the life of Christ written by giants like Fr. Garrigou Lagrange. Those who experienced the spiritual power of â€œThe Passion of the Christâ€ are likely to encounter the same with this timeless book. Enlightening as a day-by-day study during the weeks of Lent or Advent, or as frequent source of meditation for the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, the Nine First Fridays, the Five First Saturdays, or any time a traditional spiritual retreat is needed, people from all walks of life will discover their knowledge and love of Christ will grow and increase as they read this beautiful study.

Among the many subjects proposed by the Church to us for mental prayer, there is none more profitable than the sublime mystery of Calvary. For even where everything is supremely holyâ€”namely, in the actions of Jesus Christ, Who is the Way, the Truth, and the Lifeâ€”the Passion is the culmination of sanctity, the highest exercise of virtue, and the greatest cause of merit. For these reasons, devout meditation on the Passion of Christ produces most abundant fruit in souls.

In one accord, Saints and Doctors of the Churchâ€”those who are specially enlightened, those who spoke from experience, those who are our best guides in the spiritual lifeâ€”praise and glorify the holy practice of meditating on the Passion. St. Augustine wrote: â€œThere is nothing more advantageous, nothing better adapted to ensure our eternal salvation, than daily contemplate the sufferings which Jesus Christ bore for our sake.â€

If the love of God is the essence of holiness, what better way can we arouse and increase this love and spur ourselves to generosity than by considering the sacred Passion of Our Lord, for as St. Augustine says in his â€œConfessionsâ€ (ii, 16); â€œWhat kindles, urges, inflames and drives me to love Thee more than anything else, and to make Thee loved above everything else, is the most ignominious and bitter death which Thou, O good Jesus, didst endure for the work of our redemption.â€
â€œMeditation on the Passion,â€ the distillation of the meditations and instructions of a good and pious nun who (by the turn of the 20th century) had for 30 years served as the Mistress of Novices in the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, will be a help to advancement in the spiritual life and an abundant source of blessings to all who use it as an aid in contemplating and considering what Jesus, the Word Incarnate, suffered for their salvation.
Country USA
Manufacturer KIC
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-02-02
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	KIC
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-02-02
Format	Kindle eBook

Meditation on the Passion

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