The Cross was embraced by you my dear Jesus. You carried it in your arms prayerfully and without any complaint. The nails fastened you to the wood of the cross. By these nails you allowed yourself to be firmly secured to the wood that everyone abhors. The wood of the Cross was horrible enough and the nails have made you physically and symbolically united to all that represents the fallen humanity. The nails were driven to your hands and feet. You hear the deafening pounding sound of the hammer as it pierces your hands and feet. You feel the excruciating pain it gives and yet like a trusting lamb, you allowed yourself to be led to the slaughter. What an example of charity? What a model of docile obedience? The charity of the passion and docile obedience are landmarks of Franciscan spirituality. St. Francis of Assisi have contemplated such nail-wounds in his body too. He who has been endowed with the five marks of the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ knew too well how it i...
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