Ave Maria Meditations
“When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns, Pilate said to them: “Behold the Man!” (Jn 19:5)
We meditate on the crown of thorns not only around the heard of Jesus, but also around His Sacred Heart, for it is here that He suffers more now than He did during His entire Passion. The thorns around His Heart symbolize the pain He endures due to the ingratitude of the world toward His love in the Eucharist: “Behold this Heart which has loves so much and et which is so little loved in return.”
Again in the Holy Eucharist, as before Pilate and in His Passion, Jesus, the sacrificial Lamb, is not held in esteem because there is in Him no majestic or stately bearing that would make men want to look at Him. Yet when we look upon the Blessed Sacrament, we behold in faith the very beauty of paradise…
The Eucharistic Heart of Jesus is infinitely appreciative of the love you have for Him in the Blessed Sacrament. This is why every holy hour you make changes the thorns in His Heart into many flowers of indescribable consolation. With Mary we offer to Him any suffering in our own life caused by the feeling of not being appreciated, in order that all humanity may come to truly appreciate Jesus in this most Blessed Sacrament.
Prayer: Jesus, awakened to Your great love for us, we offer you the perfect gratitude of Mary in reparation for the indifference and ingratitude of the world toward your love in the Holy Eucharist.
Fr. Martin Lucia
