Second Sorrowful Mystery ~ Scourging of Jesus at the Pillar
Jesus
trembled and shuddered as he stood before the pillar, and took off his garments
as quickly as he could, but his hands were bloody and swollen. The only return
he made when his brutal executioners struck and abused him was, to pray for
them in the most touching manner: he turned his face once towards his Mother,
who was standing overcome with grief; this look quite unnerved her: she
fainted, and would have fallen, had not the holy women who were there supported
her.
Jesus put
his arms round the pillar, and when his hands were thus raised, the archers
fastened them to the iron ring which was at the top of the pillar; they then
dragged his arms to such a height that his feet, which were tightly bound to
the base of the pillar, scarcely touched the ground. Thus was the Holy of
holies violently stretched, without a particle of clothing, on a pillar used
for the punishment of the greatest criminals; and then did two furious ruffians
who were thirsting for his blood begin in the most barbarous manner to scourge
his sacred body from head to foot. ~ From The
Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, by Anne Catherine Emmerich,
[1862]
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