Make haste then and be ready ...

Holy Tuesday
Matthew 22:15-46; 23:1-39; Matthew 24:36-51; 25:1-46; 26:1-2

- Make haste then and be ready -

 

What return can we make
for all this, brethren?

Let us be attentive to ourselves
and not despise his sufferings.


Draw near all of you,
children of the Church,
bought with the precious
and holy blood
of the most pure Master.

Come, let us meditate
on his sufferings with tears,
thinking on fear,
meditating with trembling,
saying to ourselves,

‘Christ our Saviour
for us the impious
was given over to death’.


Learn well, brother,
what it is you hear:
God who is without sin,
Son of the Most High,
for you was given up.


Open your heart,
learn in detail
his sufferings
and say to yourself:

God who is without sin
today was given up,
today was mocked,
today was abused,
today was struck,
today was scourged,
today wore
a crown of thorns,
today was crucified,

HE

the heavenly Lamb.
 

Your heart will tremble,
your soul will shudder.

Shed tears every day
by this meditation
on the Master’s sufferings.

Tears become sweet,
the soul is enlightened
that always meditates
on Christ’s sufferings.

Hattip: Discourse on the Passion of the Savior by St. Ephraim the Syrian from the Preachers Institute.