![]() ![]() As the Son of God, Christ suffers each blow not less than another man would, but more, because each stinging lash is accompanied by the memory of the sins of mankind, which led to this moment. But the Man standing at this pillar, arms embracing His Destiny, hands bound on the other side, is no ordinary man. "Then therefore, Pilate took Jesus and scourged him" (John 19:1).įorty lashes, it was commonly believed, were all that a man could stand before his body would give out and so 39 lashes was the gravest punishment that could be imposed, short of death. ![]() The spiritual fruit most commonly associated with the mystery of the Scourging at the Pillar is mortification of the senses. The Second Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary is the Scourging at the Pillar when Pilate orders our Lord to be whipped in preparation for His Crucifixion. "Not as I will, but as thou wilt": Those words of Christ must become our words, too.Ī stained-glass window of the Scourging at the Pillar in Saint Mary's Church, Painesville, OH. By uniting ourselves to Christ through faith and the sacraments, by placing ourselves inside His Body the Church, we too can accept God's Will. Seeing Christ in this way, our own lives come into focus. But in these moments in the Garden of Gethsemane, as Christ prays so intensely that His sweat is like drops of blood, His human will, and His Divine Will are in perfect harmony. He does not desire His own death, not because His Divine Will is not the same as His Father's, but because His human will desire to preserve life, as all men do. "For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting" (John 3:16).Īnd yet He is truly Man, as well as truly God. And He knows that it is all necessary, that it has been necessary ever since Adam followed Eve down the path of temptation. He knows what is coming-the pain, both physical and spiritual, that He will suffer over the next several hours. Jesus Christ, the very Son of God, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, kneels before His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane. ![]() Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt" (Matthew 26:39). ![]() "My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. The virtue most commonly associated with the mystery of the Agony in the Garden is acceptance of God's Will. The First Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary is the Agony in the Garden, when Christ, having celebrated the Last Supper with His disciples on Holy Thursday, goes to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray and to prepare for His Sacrifice on Good Friday. As you pray the rosary more often, you will develop your own meditations on each mystery.Ī stained-glass window of the Agony in the Garden in Saint Mary's Church, Painesville, OH. The meditations are simply meant as an aid to contemplation they do not need to be read while praying the rosary. While meditating on the mysteries, Catholics also pray for those fruits or virtues.Ĭatholics meditate on the Sorrowful Mysteries while praying the rosary on Tuesday and Friday, as well as on the Sundays of Lent.Įach of the following pages features a brief discussion of one of the Sorrowful Mysteries, the fruit of virtue associated with it, and a short meditation on the mystery. Each mystery is associated with a particular fruit, or virtue, which is illustrated by the actions of Christ and Mary in the event commemorated by that mystery. The Sorrowful Mysteries cover the events of Holy Thursday, after the Last Supper, through the Crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday. A fourth set, the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary was introduced by Pope John Paul II in 2002 as an optional devotion. The other two are the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary and the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary. The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary are the second of the three traditional sets of events in the life of Christ upon which Catholics meditate while praying the rosary. ![]()
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