Devotion to Jesus under the cross for favors
1.Jesus carries the cross. Having pronounced the sentence, the executioners prepare two shapeless trunks, tie them in the form of a cross, and present them to Jesus, the real Isaac laden with wood for sacrifice. Although stricken by martyred sufferers, Jesus takes the heavy cross and carries it with resignation. But you ran away and find the lightest crosses unbearable! Confonditi! ...
2. Jesus loves the cross. He holds it like the object most dear to his heart! Sometimes he stumbles and, in the shock, his body's wounds are opened, his thorns are stuck in his head, his shoulder is injured! However Jesus does not leave the cross, he loves it, he holds it close to him: it is a dear weight for him, ..! And we who complain about ours and pray so much to get rid of it, we call ourselves imitators of Jesus!
3. Jesus falls under the cross. Pressed by inhuman executioners, who give him no respite or breath. Jesus, turning pale, falters and falls! The soldiers, with beatings and blows, raise him from the ground. Jesus takes up the cross and falls again! Then, to reserve it for sacrifice, the soldiers force Simon of Cyrene to carry the cross behind Jesus! - Your relapses into sin cause Jesus to fall and fall again. At least for penance, take your cross willingly and follow it.
PRACTICE. - Today willingly carry your cross for the love of Jesus; makes an abstinence.