I wanted to do some long and very insightful post, but I can’t today. I’m so into the mode of “offering it up” that sometimes I forget these crosses I’m carrying are not just solely for me to offer them up. They are not just a share in the Passion of Christ. They are also Christ sharing in my passion.
That night in the Garden, mere hours before the Crucifixion, Jesus sweat blood for the sins of man. It was His shed blood on that Cross that reconciled man to God - the most Ultimate Sacrifice ever made! In the midst of the Salvation plan of God being revealed in real time, Jesus thought of me and felt my pain. That night, He was consoling me in the garden. He is consoling me now. In a mystical way, that agony in the garden is tied to the present. God was totally with me (and still is) sorrowing in my deepest sorrows.
Prayer: Whenever we feel so down console us Lord by making it known You are there. Allow us to experience the oneness You desire with each one of us, so much so that You take upon yourself our burdens and carry them. Your love is so great that You have felt every joy and sadness in our lives. Nothing about us is unknown to You. You are God and know all, including knowing how each feeling feels. Thank you God for loving us that much.
