Devotion toward our Lord's Passion

Monday Of Holy Week

Random verse:

2Ch 31:20 Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah. He did what Yahweh his God regards as good and right and loyal.
2Ch 31:21 Everything that he undertook, whether in the service of the Temple of God or in connection with the law or the commandments, he did in absolute devotion to his God, and so succeeded.

Absolute devotion! How beautifully is Hezekiah spoken of in the scripture. As we enter holy week I am reminded of the devotion we have toward our Lord's Passion.

In today's Office of readings we read Augustine saying," Brethren, let us then fearlessly acknowledge, and even openly proclaim, that Christ was crucified for us; let us confess it, not in fear but in joy, not in shame but in glory.

The apostle Paul saw Christ, and extolled his claim to glory. He had many great and inspired things to say about Christ, but he did not say that he boasted in Christ’s wonderful works: in creating the world, since he was God with the Father, or in ruling the world, though he was also a man like us. Rather, he said: Let me not boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ."

We too should confess it with joy and glory. Christ was crucified for us.

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