Colleen Hammond

We will meditate on what Christ suffered from His apostles during His Passion; that is to say, first, from Judas who betrayed Him; Second, from St. Peter who denied Him; Third, from the other apostles who forsook Him. We will then make the resolution: first, to mistrust ourselves and to confide in God only; second, patiently to bear all the trials which may be inflicted on us by creatures, even by our best friends. Our spiritual nosegay shall be the complaint of Job applied to Our Savior: “My kinsmen have forsaken me.” (Job 19:14)

We will consider today that we ought to love the cross, because we find in it: first, our strength; second, our glory. Our resolution shall be: first, to remember the cross in our seasons of weakness or discouragement, in order to revive our courage; second, no longer to have any care for the vain glory of the world, and to attach ourselves solely to the solid glory of the cross. Our spiritual nosegay shall be the words of St. Paul: “God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Gal. 6:14)