\n(A dramatic miracle, Jesus giving sight to the man born blind, illustrates the growing hostility between Jesus and His enemies. \u00a0It also illustrates the need to have our spiritual blindness cured by the Light of the World.)<\/em><\/p>\n
Excerpt from the Hours of the Passion<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n But, O my Jesus, always intent upon defending us with the enrapturing force of Your Love, You constrain the Father to look at Your Most Holy Face covered with all these insults and scorns, and say to Him, \u201cMy Father, do not look down upon the poor creatures.\u00a0 If You reject them, You reject Me.\u00a0 Ah, be placated!\u00a0 I have all these offenses on My Face, which responds to You for all.\u00a0 My Father, arrest Your Fury against poor creatures.\u00a0 They are blind and do not know what they are doing.\u00a0<\/span> Therefore, observe Me well, how I am reduced for their cause!\u00a0 If You are not moved to Compassion for the miserable creature, be moved to Pity by this Countenance of Mine, all slimy with spit, covered with Blood, colorless and swollen from the so many slaps and blows received.\u00a0 Have Mercy, My Father!\u00a0 I was the Most Beautiful of all and now I am so disfigured that I no longer recognize Myself.\u00a0 I have become the abjection of everyone.\u00a0 Therefore, at any cost I want the poor creature saved!\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On this Laetare Sunday the priest may wear rose vestments. \u00a0Laetare\u00a0means “Rejoice” in Latin, and the Introit (entrance antiphon) in both the\u00a0Traditional Latin Mass\u00a0and the\u00a0Novus Ordo\u00a0is Isaiah 66:10-11, which begins “Laetare, Jerusalem” (“Rejoice, O Jerusalem”).The Mass reminds us to deepen … Continue reading ![\"Laetare](\"http:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Laetare-Sunday.jpg\")
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