Behold Jesus in the Monstrance . Look how much Jesus has loved you . He has created you, saved you from the pits of hell, and given you your faith, family, friends, and every good thing.
" Behold this Heart which loves you so much." What a tremendous friend!
He whispers," Behold this Heart which loves so much yet is so little loved." See how painful He is. See how so few go to Him , love HIm, and want to be his true friends.
A person is simple if he has but one desire. Jesus is simple because he has only one desire, that is best described as a " thirst". He thirsts that all humanity be brought into his communion of love with the Father and the Holy Spirit. We have to come to love him. Jesus thirsts for our love. But because this one desire of the Lord is not satisfied, rejected, He becomes a man of sorrow.
He says " Is there anyone who will console this Heart? Is there anyone who will be my friend?"
Yes, let's be his friends. Let's decide right now that we will console Him. We tell Him," Yes, I will console you, I will be your friend." " I choose to be your friend."
To speak of giving consolation to Jesus actually applies to giving consolation to the members of His body, for we are all members of the Mystical Body of Christ. We console Jesus when we alleviate the suffering of the poor, the sick, and the lonely, for they truly are Christ to us .
" Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, that you do unto me."( Bible)
Jesus allowed Himself to be saddened by the vision of the sins of mankind, so did he also allow Himself to be consoled by all the human acts of compassionate consolation throughout history until the end of time.
Many artists have sought to communicate down through the ages by painting various saints from different time periods standing at the foot of the cross. Although separated by time, their great love for Christ did in fact console him in his agony, since our Lord forsaw all their acts of loving consolation.
The future consolers of our Lord were not personally present during the passion, the reparatory value of their foreknown actions did in fact console Christ.
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