The Mental Sufferings of Our Lord in His Passion - Father Joseph Pearce
Father Joseph Pearce, C.O., an Oratorian of the Rock Hill, South Carolina Oratory and a teacher at St. Anne's School (K-12) shares his admiration for St. John Henry Newman as he reacts to Newman's Holy Week sermon, "The Mental Sufferings of Our Lord in His Passion". Christ's mental suffering is first revealed in the garden where He embraces suffering even before He experiences it. His passion is a willful act where He surrendered both His body and soul as an action of complete gift - He holds nothing back. His love for humanity is complete. He turns no one away - not even His mortal enemies as Christ embraces everyone no matter how broken. Since He can only love, the love of the cross is an offering that completes the Paschal Triduum in that God touches us in all of our suffering and our joy.
Below is a link to Newman's meditations on the Stations of the Cross...
https://www.newmanreader.org/works/meditations/meditations5.html
To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www.newmanontap.com. Comments and suggestions are appreciated on the same site.
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