Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Jesus is scourged at the (first) pillar...


The Second Sowerful Mystery: Jesus is Scourged at the Pillar…

I took this photo in Rome's parish of S. Prassede, just across the street from St. Mary Major. Since I was a kid I dreamed of seeing this relic. Setting out on my quest to Rome in 1998, I found it - accidentally!

“My people, what have I don’t to you? Wherein have I offended you? Laden with My gifts you scourge Me like the least of slaves.”

I remember such devotions as a kid as veneration of the thorn-crowned head of the Savior, devotion in honor of the five holy wounds or prayer in honor of the forgotten shoulder wound of Jesus, etc. Our faith is so rich.

No comments: