Today I prayed the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. I thought of the mental agonies Jesus endured. His goal was to save all from eternal death, but people didn't believe in him and wanted to crucify him instead. Before it happened, they mocked and taunted him. As for the physical sufferings he underwent, there were the Scourging at the Pillar—the Shroud of Turin shows that he was whipped 120 times, leaving nearly 400 wound marks over his whole body, both front and back; the Crowning with Thorns—imagine the pain caused by forcing the thorns into his scalp; the Carrying of the Cross—he had to carry the cross himself and fell three times because of its weight; and last, the Crucifixion—the pain must have been so excruciating while hanging from the cross for about six hours before he expired. All for what? This is what every one of us needs to know if we truly have a heart!
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