Showing all posts dated April 19, 2025

In Reflexion

VIA CRUCIS – XIV. Station: “Jesus is laid in the tomb”                                   

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 V. Adoramus te Christe et benedicimus tibi (We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee)

R. Quia per Crucem tuam redemisti mundum (For by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.)

“When Pilate learned from the centurion that Jesus was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Mag′dalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.” (Mk 15:45-47).

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In 3 Minutes for God the Father

INEXHAUSTIBLE JOY

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“Thou hast put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound” (Ps 4:7).

Earthly pleasures, though they may stimulate and even delight our senses, pass quickly and then have to be repeated. Spiritual pleasures, on the other hand, leave a deep impression on our soul and are capable of shaping it. If we seek earthly pleasures too intensely, we run the risk of becoming dependent on them and seeking spiritual joys less and less. Therefore, while we may enjoy “grain and wine”, we should do so only to the extent that they do not become too valuable to us and we do not lose sight of the true joys.

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