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Lectio

“Father, it is for you that shame covers my face, that I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother’s sons.  I burn with zeal for your house and taunts against you fall on me.”  -Psalm 68: 8-10

Meditatio

Veronica emerged from the crowd, taking her veil, moistened in water to cool you somewhat; gently she blots your Holy Face, careful not to irritate your wounds.  She absorbs as much of the dust, spittle, and blood she is able to, even catching your tears.  She has not yet finished when she is roughly pulled away by the guards, yet your look of love penetrates her soul…deep calling to deep in the roar of the crowd.  Who could ever imagine that a creature could have mercy upon God?  Yet that is what this woman did.

Oratio

Show us your Face O Lord and we shall be saved…it is your Face I seek, hide not your Face.  Let me see anew your Holy Face in the distressing disquise of the poor, the lame, the afflicted, and the despised.  Let me meet you in them, love you in them, serve you in them, have mercy upon them - even those who despise and reject me, or oppose my efforts.  And grant that I may fix my eyes upon your Holy Face, resplendent in Your Most Blessed Sacrament of Love - throughout my life, unceasingly, until I come to contemplate for all eternity your glorious Face in Heaven.

Contemplatio

“Here he is…gazing through the windows…peering through the lattices…” - Songs 2, 9.  He - looking at me, I - looking at Him.

We adore thee O Christ and we praise thee, for by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

Most compassionate Heart of Mary, Mother of Sorrows, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.  Amen.