Of these mysteries that we are about to celebrate, St. John Christian would say in response to
St. Matthew's account, when the people said, we have no king but Caesar, that for him they were
the most frightening words in Holy Scripture. And today, if we are to avoid the lot of those
who are present, we must understand this mystery, for we began this mystery in the same way.
We began with a procession honoring our Lord as both king, prophet, and priest. And so,
our Lord's passion would begin by the chosen people first recognizing him as the Messiah.
And so, they too would lay down the palm branches of repentance and the cloaks of charity at his
feet. And if we are to persevere in our good works, if we are to not end the week as the
majority of the people present when the mystery began, we must ponder this mystery to fully
understand it. For one of the common reframes from the office
during Lent is, today, if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts. And we see very
clearly from today's gospel account that many present truly heard the voice of the Lord,
but they hardened their hearts. And in their hardening, we can see how our modern society
and all societies go about hardening their hearts to the words of the Lord.
For there is nothing new under the sun. The ancient errors,
of our forefathers, are the errors of our present fathers. For sinful man always is noted by one
thing, his rebellion against God. And when we understand that rebellion, we understand that it
is a rebellion against the sweet voice of a suffering Savior who speaks to us poor sinners,
each and every one. For there is no account of the Lord ever being harsh with anyone that did
not prevent him from being a good man. And so, we must ponder this mystery to fully understand it.
From being stern, and if we ask the money changes in the temple, he could be extremely stern.
But never did he surpass, did he go beyond that which was necessary in order to discipline the
soul. Everything he did, he did out of love for souls. Whether it was the sweet voice,
constantly trying to admonish the people to repentance, or by those stern corrections,
of which St. Peter would be the primary victim,
our Lord always exercises in the highest possible degree, because he is God, that virtue of charity.
That is, he is always seeking not the destruction of the sinner, but the sinner's repentance.
And so, we begin a journey today, which begins by recognizing the kingship of Christ,
and ends with the greatest and last proof of the love that he showed in order to draw to himself
all mankind. That is, that mystery by which our Lord, in a certain sense we can say, departs from
the bosom of the Eternal Father, in order to take human form in the womb of the Virgin Mary.
That is, in the incarnation of the Son of God, heaven is brought to earth in the person of Christ.
God truly becomes Emmanuel. That is, he dwells with us. But we are not to understand,
from this mystery, that in some way, the second person of the Blessed Trinity was ever separated
from the love of God, the Father, the first person of the Blessed Trinity, and our Lord would constantly
teach that to all those who would listen to him, and even to those who did not listen to him.
I and the Father are one, and the Father himself would confirm every word that the second person spoke,
and it was not, by many words,
words, the father did it with a simple declaration, this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.
And it is in that pleasing that we understand this mystery and what we are called to. For at
this very moment, when the majority are recognizing him as king, singing those hymns of the great
Hosanna, Hosanna to the son of David, Hosanna in the highest, it will be in the end only the
children who persevere. Because our Lord, as one gospel account will point out, that when the
Pharisees and the scribes would come to him, hearing those children particularly, declaring
that it is truly the Messiah, this is truly the son of David, this is truly the lion of the tribe
Judah, they would not in the Lord's presence dare approach the children and tell them to be
quiet. They went to the Lord and asked him to silence them. Because if they knew one thing,
they knew one thing well. When our Lord said, woe to you who scandalize these little ones.
It would be better that a millstone be tied around your neck and you be dropped into the bottom of
the sea than you had ever been born. That is a lesson they learned. And so they would not
challenge the children in his presence. And when they came to the Lord, he responded with the most
frightening words that any soul can hear from the son of God. This is why you will die in your sins.
He said to each and every one of those Pharisees and scribes that approached him, according to
John Chrysostom and all the great doctors and fathers of the early church, that was the end
for that group. Because...
They would reject that witness that they knew could not lie to him. And our Lord would even
grant to them, you see me as a man. I can forgive you for not now accepting my teaching, but not to
accept the teaching of a child whom you know at this age cannot deceive you. There is nothing I
can do. There is a certain hardness of the heart that cannot be penetrated. And that hardness is
manifested by the Lord. And that hardness is manifested by the Lord. And that hardness is
manifested by the Lord. And that hardness is manifested by the Lord. And that hardness is
manifested by the Lord.
And so we see very clearly that at this very moment, while the
children are persevering in their love for the Lord, men are preparing the wood of his
sacrifice because he came to be the new Isaiah, Isaac, who would be immolated for all our sins.
And that is the great mystery. These great events that are commemorated during Passion
tide, that is, holy week, either renew by the transforming power of God's grace the
souls who accept the kingship of Christ or increase the insensibility, that is, because
we must explain things in our modern world as they truly are.
And so often we hear that someone is insensitive, but it really doesn't catch the nature of
what is meant to be communicated.
For insensitivity is really cruelty, and so these events either increase the devotion
of those who accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and King, or it increases the cruelty
of all who let them pass without doing their work of conversion, for that is all the Lord
intended, and we speak of it as the great mystery.
He intended this week.
To work for the conversion of sinners, and so no human being born of blood and man, the
union of man and woman, has any right to reject the mysteries of Passion Week.
We simply, as fallen creatures, cannot let this week pass in the mysteries without averting
to them, without listening to them, and without letting them do the work that God
intended them to do on the soul, that is, to convert them.
And so while the world is busy, while these mysteries transpires, while leaders of the
world seem to take pains to escape being present in their nation when these mysteries are celebrated,
we must never let them pass without in some way doing the work on our soul that the Lord
intended.
the lord harden not your heart that voice speaks no more earnestly no more lovingly than the events
we are about to celebrate all of it began with the humility of our lord and as he entered into
the jerusalem that is the city of cities because it was chosen to be the throne of that mystery
that would transpire when the angel gabriel would announce to the virgin mary she was the
chosen vessel to give flesh to the king the one foretold of old the one signified in every
legitimate sacrifice in the old testament beginning with the slaughter of abel the just
son who called upon the lord and that that son is always and everywhere slaughtered
by those who do not call upon the lord signified in cain
and so the old testament
would constantly remind the chosen people that one part of the mystery that they absolutely
refused to accept even though it was reiterated to them day in and day out
through the divine liturgy that was present even in the old covenant that the servant
who was to come was to be a suffering servant and that they had no excuse of rejecting
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a huge vat would be placed on a high hill
and there would be a sleuth way
that led from that vat
to the vat at the bottom of the hill
that would collect the juice of the grapes
and if anyone knows the climate
of that area
it is dry and windy
and so the man would stand in the vat
crushing the grapes
his flesh would be depurpled
and the skins of the grape
would adhere to his flesh
as the wind and the sun dried them
as a man crucified
that man at the end of the day
would look precisely
like the Lord did
but the difference was
he truly was crucified
and it was not the grape skins
that were dried and scabbing on the flesh
it was his own flesh
it was not the juice of the grape
that would be purple
that sacred humanity
it was the juice of the grape
that would be purple
it was his own blood
and it would be done so
for our sake
and so this day
has a great point
to make to us all
because we must understand
that the enemies of Christ
have come to the point
both during the Passion Week
and even unfortunately
in our modern society
to be irritated
by the very presence of the Lord
amongst them
and to be irritated
if we see this week
and notice how it begins
they were absolutely irritated
that the Lord was there
and what would happen
despite the fact
that they were working earnestly
to seek and carry out
his crucifixion
he would even
at the moment when his Passion
would begin in earnest
work a miracle
by replacing the ear
of one of his enemies
shed by the hand of Saint Peter
and let us not fool ourselves
if that man who became a saint
was not as it were clad
in the helmet of a Roman Centurion
it would not have been his ear
that was merely cleaved off
because according to tradition
Saint Peter laid a good whack
right on the brow
because the helmet it slipped off
and got the ear
and the Lord immediately
responded with compassion
to his enemy
and cured miraculously
that man
in order that his enemies would know
why are you irritated
I have come to do nothing
but to save and to heal
and so we begin to learn
a most important mystery
that while the presence of the Lord
irritates each and every one of us
when we choose to pursue sin
our presence never irritates us.
It never irritates him.
No matter how sinful we become
he offers one thing
and one thing only
in this present time
which will last
until he comes again
his compassion
and his mercy
his kind and gentle manner
is to draw all hearts to himself
he manifests that most particularly
to Judas
and let us not fool ourselves
we cannot ascribe to the Lord
we cannot ascribe to the Lord
we cannot ascribe to the Lord
we cannot ascribe to the Lord
when he says Judas
wish thou betray the son of man
with a kiss
that our Lord is causing Judas to despair
he is not speaking in any way
with sarcasm
he is doing what every good priest
and bishop and pope will do
until the end of time
that even in the case
of a public sin
not to expose the sinner
and so he is asking
as would particularly be the case
during the French revolution
a sign from Judas
not to continue with the betrayal
and the sign was
if you do not kiss me
then I declare to you
your sins are forgiven
and this that you started
will be carried out
but your soul need not be lost
and that is what every doctor
and father of the church
says of this incidental man
in this instance
contrary to the modernist babble
that would ascribe to the Lord
words that would cause
a soul to despair
which thou betray me with a kiss
it is to foster
what is known in philosophy
as the existential angst
that we are created with no purpose
and when the master and the savior
is done with us
he does away with us
and when the master and the savior is done with us
he does away with us
or as many false religions put it
our relationship to God the father
is like a dog to the master
when the dog is old
you shoot it and bury it
but that is not
what is transpiring here
what is transpiring
is mercy and compassion
beyond the ability
of mankind to comprehend
Judas
deicide will take place
and you need not perish
but when he goes forward
the Lord can do it
and do no more
he cannot force himself in
he knocks on the door
but when the door is shut in his face
even the power of God
will not penetrate
and force the free will of man
and so
that is the great mystery
while the Lord's presence may often irritate us
our presence
never irritates him
and that is precisely that when this mystery is completed
he will establish that
the greatest of his acts of humility
his presence among us
in the blessed sacrament
until the end of time
always there
to tell us
what he told Judas
no matter how terrible your crimes have been
no matter how terrible your sins have been
if you confess them to me
with true contrition
then
they will be forgiven
and you will receive
the reward of the father
and so
it was here
it was his gentle manner
that was to draw all hearts to himself
and it was the stern purity
of his doctrine
that would be the joy to all those
of simple heart
and the vexation
to the proud
who look for the Lord to be a mighty conqueror
or who would manipulate the law of God
for his own base passions
how often
in our modern times
have we seen the modern
corruptors of youth
how often
have they had recourse to scripture
to justify
the most heinous of crimes
how often have we heard
that the Lord approves
of the sin of sodomy
and scripture as proof
we are speaking
of public blasphemy
in the highest order
and there can be nothing
that humanity should fear more
than what we have seen
and there can be nothing
than when blasphemy
becomes the common lot
in the public order
especially
by those who have been entrusted
to share
in a most unique way
in the fatherhood of God
every leader
of a family
and every leader
or leaders of a nation
are to manifest to that nation
the compassion
of God our Father
that is why God
has given them
authority
and that is why
this gospel begins
by our Lord
instructing his apostles
not to laud
that authority
over man
but to serve
in compassion
sinful humanity
even to the point
of doing
what the Lord would do
for their sake
that is
the shedding of his blood
and so this week begins
with the images
of the saints covered
and the crucifix
and the church
are veiled
because
holy mother church
is oppressed with grief
grief
that so many
will reject
so many will seek not
to penetrate the veil
so many will not be present
when the Easter liturgy begins
and the images of the saints
are again
present
so that we know
that what transpires
in this week
cast a pall
over humanity
it is
his darkest hour
and it is repeated
every time
a culture abandons
Christ the King
to pursue the darkness
of pleasure and sin
it is complete
and total darkness
we began the procession
at the grotto of Our Lady
precisely to illustrate
a point
that our journey in faith
begins with her mediation
and unless we are
consecrated to her
it will not end well
unless we stay with her
who alone
persevered
in the palms
laid at the feet of the Lord
in the cloak of charity
who had
no reparation
for her sin to make
but after our Lord
makes more reparation
than all humanity combined
so that we know
that the darkest hour of man
found one
who remained faithful
to the Lord
and it was the faith
of the Virgin
at the darkest hour of mankind
one alone
stood in the breach
one
one
one woman alone
standing in the breach
sustaining the world
by her faith
that faith
that would see the conversion of paganism
in existence
that is completely
impossible
wrists
because we dwell
in a supernatural reality
we dwell
not in a merely natural reality
but in a supernatural reality
that is
as st. Bonaventure
stands it
existence
is no distinct separation
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distur黍
what we are given
in the natural order
is to serve
a supernatural order
and that is
Christ will manifest to the world.
And so, the church is oppressed with grief
because the leaders seek to stone him,
but he will not allow them,
as long as that is the form of execution,
to lay hands on him
because he came to be immolated on the wood of the cross,
and so he will hide himself from the anger of men
while they seek his destruction
in a manner not ordained by God the Father.
And when that appointed time for the Lord will arrive,
he will manifest himself in all his glory
on a foal,
the offspring of an ass,
so that he may suffer the malediction of the cross
for the salvation of the world.
It is by blood alone,
that man is to be redeemed.
God's wrath cannot be appeased
by anything short of the extermination of rebellious man.
Every culture knew and understood that.
Every culture, chosen people or pagan people,
was hallmark trade of each and every one,
blood, sacrifice,
but there seems to be a contradiction.
For the Holy Spirit will declare,
it is not holocaust,
but a repentant heart I seek.
Is there a contradiction?
None.
None.
Because it was not the blood of sinful man,
nor the blood of bullocks and goats,
the untold billions
that were sacrificed
by the chosen people and the pagan people,
that would appease the wrath of God.
It could only be the blood of man,
because man had offended God.
And so, it was the shedding of blood
that was understood by every culture
as the means of expiation for our sins.
And yet, the Father found no satisfaction
in the human sacrifices,
nor the animal sacrifices of old,
because it had to be the blood of a pure man,
which alone could make expiation
for the sins of the world,
and that man must also be God.
For it was very clear.
And so, we begin that mystery
of God becoming man,
as Saint Augustine tells us,
in order that man may become God.
That is, in our incorporation
into the life of the Church,
we are incorporated into the life
of the Son of Mary,
the Son of the Father,
true God and true man,
who is immolated for our sake,
in order that we may be immolated for His sake.
And so, let us begin these mysteries
with joy and sorrow,
knowing that if in some way
we can manifest a little bit to the world
the compassion of Christ and His Mother,
then there is always hope.
For wherever the love of Christ and His Mother
dwell in the soul of one human being,
the world has hope,
because we see very clearly
that in one human being,
the hope of the world was sustained,
because she understood
that this mystery
would not end in the destruction of God,
but in His resurrection,
and hence, the restoration of all mankind,
because the Father has found an acceptable sacrifice.
And so, let us begin these mysteries
with joy and sorrow,
knowing that if in some way
we can manifest a little bit to the world
the compassion of Christ and His Mother,
then there is always hope.
And so, let us begin these mysteries
with joy and sorrow,
knowing that in some way
we can manifest a little bit to the world
the compassion of Christ and His Mother,
and hence, the restoration of all mankind,
because we see very clearly
that in one human being,