Some may find it helpful for meditation to remember where Jesus was each hour of the day leading up to His Sacrifice on the Cross.In Scripture and in the Divine Office, it is clear that the Lord Jesus began His Agony on the Cross at 12:00 PM and Died for us at 3:00 PM.More details were confirmed to a holy soul consigned to a sickbed for most of her life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisa_PiccarretaBriefly, if possible, every hour, on the hour, when we are awake, we can remember where Jesus was, and what He suffered for our sake.See also:
http://www.passioiesus.org/en/horasdelapasion/distribucion.htm for meditations on each Hour of the Lord's Passion.
For the prayer of preparation before each hour, "
O my Lord Jesus Christ, prostrate in your divine presence, I implore your most loving heart to allow me to enter into the sorrowful meditation of the twenty-four hours of your passion, in which, for love of us you wanted to suffer so much in your adorable body and in your most holy soul, even to death on the cross. O give me help, grace, love, profound compassion, and understanding of your sufferings as I now meditate this Hour.For those hours which I cannot meditate, I offer you the will I have to meditate them; and I propose to meditate them with my intention during all the hours in which I must dedicate myself to my duties, or sleep.
Accept, O merciful Lord, my loving intention, and let it be beneficial for me and for all, as if I effectively and in a saintly way accomplished what I desire to do.
I give You thanks, O my Jesus. I thank You for calling me to union with You in prayer. To please You, I take your thoughts, your tongue, and your Heart. I want to pray with them. I want to fuse myself in your Will and in your Love. I extend my arms to embrace You, I rest my head on your Heart— and I begin…."
From:
http://www.passioiesus.org/en/horasdelapasion/hp01_preparacion.htmThe Hours: "First Hour [i.e. on Maundy Thursday] - From 5 to 6 PMJesus takes leave of His Most Holy MotherSecond Hour - From 6 to 7 PMJesus departs from His Most Holy Mother and sets out for the CenacleThird Hour - From 7 to 8 PMThe Legal SupperFourth Hour - From 8 to 9 PMThe Eucharistic SupperFifth Hour - From 9 to 10 PMFirst Hour of Agony in the Garden of GethsemaniSixth Hour - From 10 to 11 PMSecond Hour of Agony in the Garden of GethsemaniSeventh Hour - From 11 PM to MidnightThird Hour of Agony in the Garden of GethsemaniEighth Hour - From Midnight to 1 AMJesus is arrestedNinth Hour - From 1 to 2 AMThrown from a ledge, Jesus falls into the Cedron streamTenth Hour - From 2 to 3 AMJesus is presented to AnnasEleventh Hour - From 3 to 4 AMJesus in the house of CaiphasTwelfth Hour - From 4 to 5 AMJesus at the mercy of the soldiersThirteenth Hour - From 5 to 6 AMJesus in prisonFourteenth Hour - From 6 to 7 AMJesus before Caiphas again, who confirms His condemnation to death and sends Him to Pilate- 10 Fifteenth Hour - From 7 to 8 AMJesus before Pilate. Pilate sends Him to HerodSixteenth Hour - From 8 to 9 AMJesus is brought back to Pilate and placed after Barabbas. Jesus is scourgedSeventeenth Hour - From 9 to 10AMJesus is crowned with thorns. Presented to the people: "Ecce Homo!" Jesus is condemned to deathEighteenth Hour - From 10 to 11AMJesus takes up His Cross and walks toward Calvary, where He is strippedNineteenth Hour - From 11 AM to 12 PM:Jesus is crucifiedTwentieth Hour - From 12 to 1 PMFirst Hour of Agony on the Cross. The first word of JesusTwenty-first Hour - From 1 to 2 PMSecond Hour of Agony on the Cross. Second, third and fourth word of JesusTwenty-second Hour - From 2 to 3 PMThird Hour of Agony on the Cross. Fifth, sixth and seventh word of Jesus. The death of JesusTwenty-third Hour - From 3 to 4 PMJesus, dead, is pierced by the thrust of a lance. The deposition from the CrossTwenty-fourth Hour - From 4 to 5 PMThe burial of Jesus. Most Holy Desolate Mary"
Topic: The 24 Hours of the Passion according to Servant of God Luisa Piccarretta. (Read 346 times)