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Arlington Catholic Herald, Catholic News Agency, Good News - Ukraine Our Lady of Fatima shrine launches campaign To pray for the conversion of Russia, Kenneth Colston, Lenten Ember Friday Reveals A Worm Moon, Nicaragua Ortega regime expels nuncio over criticism He called jailed opposition candidates 'political prisoners, Papal Nun Sense Francis' synodal sister, Police Commissioner Canceled All for opposing transgender rape policy, this Sun. March 13 –Bad News, Traditional Roman Catholic News Section, UK Bishop Sacks Pro-LGBT School Governors Gay teen fiction writer rages after Catholic schools cancel presentation, Vatican Cuts Ties With Russian Patriarch? Accuses him of taking sides in Ukraine conflict, war, Why a Self-Indulgent Age Needs a Rough Religion, Why We Must Pray the Leonine Prayers for the Conversion of Russia
This news round-up contains four sections, traditional Catholic news, prolife news, vaccine news, and the great reset news
Traditional Roman Catholic News Section
- Lenten Ember Friday
- https://www.fisheaters.com/customslent3.html
- Papal Nun Sense Francis’ synodal sister – On CMTV
- https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/papal-nun-sense
- Vatican Cuts Ties With Russian Patriarch? Accuses him of taking sides in Ukraine conflict – Crux
- https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2022/03/top-vatican-official-casts-doubt-on-second-francis-kirill-meeting
- UK Bishop Sacks Pro-LGBT+ School Governors Gay teen fiction writer rages after Catholic schools cancel presentation – On CMTV
- https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/catholic-school-sacks-pro-lgbt-governors
- Police Commissioner Canceled All for opposing transgender rape policy – On Breitbart
- https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/10/police-chief-labelled-transphobic-over-biological-male-rapist-comments/
- Why a Self-Indulgent Age Needs a Rough Religion By By Kenneth Colston On New Oxford Review
- https://www.newoxfordreview.org/documents/why-a-self-indulgent-age-needs-a-rough-religion/#
- Report: Russia’s Catholic bishops censored Pope Bishops & priests fear arrest if they question war – On Arlington Catholic Herald
- https://www.catholicherald.com/article/global/russian-catholic-current-situation-very-like-the-atheist-soviet-union/
- Good News – Ukraine Our Lady of Fatima shrine launches campaign To pray for the conversion of Russia, this Sun. March 13 –Bad News – Catholic News Agency in the last paragraph of their article subtely rebukes the Ukrainian Bishops asking for the consecration – In a letter written in 1989, ( the imposter 2nd Sister) Lucia confirmed that Pope John Paul II satisfied Our Lady’s request for Russia’s consecration in 1984. Other authorities, including the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, also have affirmed the consecration was completed to Sister Lucia’s satisfaction.
- https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250639/ukraine-war-our-lady-of-fatima-shrines-worldwide-asked-to-join-in-prayer-for-conversion-of-russia
- Why We Must Pray the Leonine Prayers for the Conversion of Russia – On The Fatima Center
- https://fatima.org/news-views/why-we-must-pray-the-leonine-prayers-for-the-conversion-of-russia/
- Nicaragua: Ortega regime expels nuncio over criticism He called jailed opposition candidates ‘political prisoners’ – On Crux
- https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-americas/2022/03/ortega-regime-expels-vatican-representative-from-nicaragua
- Patriarch Kirill decries ‘Russophobia’ & provocation Says war’s origins lie in aggressive U.S.-led geopolitics in his response to the world council of churches calls for peace rather then for condemnation of his own govt – On Oikoumene org
- https://www.oikoumene.org/news/patriarch-kirill-responds-to-wcc-acting-general-secretarys-letter-urging-voice-for-peace
- Sr. Dierdre Byrne sues DC mayor over vaccine mandate for Forcing Christian Medical Workers to Get COVID Vaccine Health dept. claims exemption would pose ‘hardship’ LifeNews.com
- https://www.lifenews.com/2022/03/10/catholic-nun-sues-washington-d-c-for-forcing-christian-medical-workers-to-get-covid-vaccine/
- Does the Third Secret of Fatima Mention Kiev? – OnePeterFive
- https://onepeterfive.com/third-secret-fatima-kiev/
- Come to Mass Now and Pretend it Didn’t Happen – OnePeterFive
- https://onepeterfive.com/come-now-pretend-it-didnt-happened/
- The Totalitarian Covid Narrative Was Founded on “Tolerance” – By Kennedy Hall On Crisis Magazine
- https://www.crisismagazine.com/2022/the-totalitarian-covid-narrative-was-founded-on-tolerance
- How Saint Gregory the Great Planted the Seeds of the Middle Ages -By Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira On TFP
- https://www.tfp.org/how-saint-gregory-the-great-planted-the-seeds-of-the-middle-ages/
- Now Playing: In Theatres Near You ‘ The Ukraine” – On AKA Catholic In some circles, the Fatima message is being twisted to suggest that Russia has been chosen as a blessed instrument of peace. I take no pleasure in repeating this yet again, but even Fr. Nicholas Gruner spread this dubious proposition, saying among other things: [Our Lord’s call for Russia’s consecration] shows how Russia is not being picked on, but on the contrary how it was chosen for a special blessing and the role Russia will play in being an instrument of peace for the whole world … I think Russia has a special mission that it cannot achieve without being consecrated. The fact is it [the consecration] is a blessing, so it’s not a question about who’s guilty, it’s a question about who’s being more blessed in this case. Russia is being more blessed.
- https://akacatholic.com/now-playing-ukraine/
- Brave Puerto Rican Bishop Fired by Arbitrary and Unjust Bergoglian Dictate By Giuseppe Nardi On The Eponymous Flower
- https://www.theeponymousflower.com/2022/03/brave-puerto-rican-bishop-fired-by.html
- Weekly News Roundup: Ukraine Developments, Biden’s SOTU Address, Puerto Rican Bishop Ousted – On Catholic Family News
- https://catholicfamilynews.com/blog/2022/03/10/weekly-news-roundup-ukraine-developments-bidens-sotu-address-puerto-rican-bishop-ousted/
- Rosary Convoy in Ottawa to End Tyranny throughout the World – On The Remnant Newspaper
- https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/headline-news-around-the-world/item/5886-rosary-convoy-in-ottawa-to-end-tyranny-throughout-the-world
- LMS Chairman: Penance: for Catholic Answers
- http://www.lmschairman.org/2022/03/penance-for-catholic-answers.html
- ‘There is no debate’: Cardinal Tomasi on the future of the Order of Malta – On The Pillar
- https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/there-is-no-debate-cardinal-tomasi?s=r
- A convent and church of the Sisters of Reparation in Doungankha (Demoso township, Kayah state), a Christian stronghold, have been damaged in an airstrike by Myanmar’s army – On Una News News
- https://gloria.tv/post/9ronP8mYLy4y3LErE7JJY6Yca
- The Lenten Prayer of St Ephraim – On Novus Motus Liturgicus
- https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2022/03/the-lenten-prayer-of-st-ephraim.html#.Yit2uZZOmUk
- “Each Has Received A Gift”: Guest Review of Dr Kwasniewski’s Ministers of ChristNLM is pleased to offer this review by Fr. John Henry Hanson, O.Praem., of St Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California – On Novus Motus Liturgicus
- https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2022/03/return-to-beauty-kathleen-carr-and.html
- Return to Beauty: Kathleen Carr and The Catholic Art Institute ~ Liturgical Arts Journal
- https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2022/03/return-to-beauty-kathleen-carr-and.html
- Irving Babbitt’s book The New Laokoon, an Essay on the Confusion of the Arts, published in 1910 – Part #21 – By David Lane On Tradition Restored
- https://www.traditionrestored.com/2022/03/10/the-new-laokoon-part-21/
- Why Catholic fathers were emasculated after Vatican 2 – Dr. Taylor Marshal Via YouTube
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9L4YWTX9vk
- 10 Beaux-Arts Mansions in NYC that You Can Still Admire Today – Untapped New York
- https://untappedcities.com/2022/03/11/beaux-arts-mansions-nyc/
Isaias 61:11 “For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations.”
Prolife News Section
- Parents sue D.C. mayor for continuing to require masks at religious schools but not at bars – LifeSite
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/parents-sue-d-c-mayor-for-continuing-to-require-masks-at-religious-schools-but-not-at-bars-concerts-or-sports-venues/?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=usa
- Pro-life senator introduces bill to require ultrasounds before abortions in every state – LifeSite
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-senator-introduces-bill-to-require-ultrsounds-before-abortions-nationwide/?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=usa
- Pro-life leaders blast CPAC chief for refusing to host a pro-life panel – LifeSite
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/everything-is-pro-life-cpac-leader-says-explaining-why-there-were-no-panels-on-abortion/?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=usa
- California Democrats push bill to let nurse practitioners abort without medical supervision – LifeSite
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/california-democrats-push-bill-to-let-nurse-practitioners-abort-without-medical-supervision/
- NIH deflects questions from Congress on university’s ‘unethical, repulsive’ research using aborted fetuses – LifeSite
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/nih-deflects-questions-from-congress-on-universitys-unethical-repulsive-research-using-aborted-fetuses/?utm_source=home_more_news&utm_campaign=usa
- Children are a blessing, so why does modern America treat them with disdain? – LifeSite
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/children-are-a-blessing-so-why-does-modern-america-treat-them-with-disdain/?utm_source=home_opinion&utm_campaign=usa
- Jen Psaki claims top Florida medic ‘peddling conspiracy theories’ for discouraging COVID jab for kids – LifeSite
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/jen-psaki-claims-top-florida-medic-peddling-conspiracy-theories-for-discouraging-covid-jab-for-kids/?utm_source=home_opinion&utm_campaign=usa
- Experts commend Sweden for restricting transgender hormone drugs for minors – LifeSite
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/expert-group-praises-sweden-for-restricting-transgender-hormone-drugs-for-minors/?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=usa
- Pro-life Canadian MP launches official bid for Conservative Party leadership – LifeSite
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-canadian-mp-launches-official-bid-for-conservative-party-leadership/?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=usa
- Changing a Mind Only Takes a Conversation – Students For Life of America
- https://studentsforlife.org/2022/03/11/changing-a-mind-only-takes-a-conversation/
- Black Lives Matter But Not to the Abortion Industry – Students For Life of America
- https://studentsforlife.org/2022/03/11/black-lives-matter-but-not-to-the-abortion-industry/
- High School Fellow Fills Suburban Full of Resources for Women in Need – Students For Life of America
- https://studentsforlife.org/2022/03/11/high-school-fellow-fills-suburban-full-of-resources-for-women-in-need/
- Pro-Life This Week – March 11, 2022 On All.org
- https://www.all.org/pro-life-this-week-03-11-2022/
- HHS Secretary Becerra visits Planned Parenthood, awards $500k grant – On Live Action
- https://www.liveaction.org/news/becerra-planned-parenthood-500k-grant/
- Pro-life Hyde Amendment remains in spending bill, but some say bill still funds abortion – On Live Action
- https://www.liveaction.org/news/abortion-industry-pro-life-hyde-amendment-remains/
- California bill would remove doctor oversight from abortions done by nurses and midwives – On Live Action
- https://www.liveaction.org/news/california-non-doctors-abortions-remove-oversight/
- SHOCK: Abortion pill pharmacy operates from the address of a used car dealership – On Live Action
- https://www.liveaction.org/news/abortion-pill-pharmacy-operates-used-car-dealership/
- Pro-life Canadian MP launches official bid for Conservative Party leadership – LifeSite
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-canadian-mp-launches-official-bid-for-conservative-party-leadership/?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=usa
- Court Considers Assisted Suicide Challenge Doctors battle with state attorney general – Court Brief Link
- https://www.ma-appellatecourts.org/pdf/SJC-13194/SJC-13194_06_Appellant_Kligler_Reply_Brief.pdf
- Hungary Just Elected Its First Female President, And She’s Pro-Life and Pro-Family – LifeNews.com
- https://www.lifenews.com/2022/03/10/hungary-just-elected-its-first-female-president-and-shes-pro-life-and-pro-family/
- Twin Newborn Babies Stranded in Ukraine Rescued, Reunited With Their Parents – LifeNews.com
- https://www.lifenews.com/2022/03/10/twin-newborn-babies-stranded-in-ukraine-are-rescued-reunited-with-parents/
- Ben Watson: “Stop Playing Word Games. Abortion Isn’t Health Care” – LifeNews.com
- https://www.lifenews.com/2022/03/11/ben-watson-stop-playing-word-games-abortion-isnt-health-care/
- Maryland Bill Would Allow Abortionists to Leave Babies to Die if They Survive Abortions – LifeNews.com
- https://www.lifenews.com/2022/03/11/maryland-bill-would-allow-abortionists-to-leave-babies-to-die-if-they-survive-abortions/
- CALIFORNIA: Authorities raid preschools for not masking toddlers On America’s Frontline Doctors
- https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/news/post/california-authorities-raid-preschools-for-not-masking-toddlers/
- Parents Should Ask These Questions Before Giving Their Child a COVID-19 Vaccine: ER Doctor – On Epoch Times
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/parents-should-ask-these-questions-before-giving-their-child-a-covid-19-vaccine-er-doctor_4330453.html
Vaccine News Section
- Health Officials End Reporting COVID-19 Deaths – On Dr. Mercola
- https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/03/11/health-officials-end-reporting-covid-deaths.aspx
- How NIH Got Forbes to Cancel Me After I Wrote About Fauci • Children’s Health Defense
- https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/nih-cancelled-adam-andrzejewski-forbes-fauci/
- Massachusetts to Reduce ‘Significant Overcount’ of COVID-19 Deaths – On The Epoch Times
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/massachusetts-to-reduce-significant-overcount-of-covid-19-deaths_4330491.html
- Pfizer to Ask US Regulators to Authorize Second Booster Due to Waning Effectiveness: CEO – On The Epoch Times
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/pfizer-to-ask-us-regulators-to-authorize-second-booster-due-to-waning-effectiveness-ceo_4331333.html
- After 33 Years of Failure to Produce Any Vaccine Novavax Targets Children for COVID-19 Vaccine – Vaccine Impact
- https://vaccineimpact.com/2022/after-33-years-of-failure-to-produce-any-vaccine-novavax-targets-children-for-covid-19-vaccine-where-pfizer-failed/
- Zuck’s War: Facebook Okays Calls for Violence Against Russians – On Breitbart
- https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/11/zucks-war-facebook-okays-calls-for-violence-against-russians/
- JUST IN – Biden Administration Readies to Extend Airline Mask Mandates For Another Month – On The Gateway Pundit
- https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/just-biden-administration-readies-extend-airline-mask-mandates-another-month/
- Austria SUSPENDS COVID vaccine mandate for adults because the COERCION wasn’t working – NaturalNews.com
- https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-03-10-austria-suspends-covid-vaccine-mandate-for-adults.html
- Dr. Jane Ruby: Lots of relevant information missing from released Pfizer vaccine data – Brighteon.TV – NaturalNews.com
- https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-03-11-relevant-information-missing-from-pfizer-vaccine-data.html
- Watch Health Ranger Report with Mike Adams And Del Bigtree On BitChute
- https://www.bitchute.com/video/hqM5hWBeGSLU/
The Great Reset News Section
- Biden orders study to look into gov’t-backed digital currency – LifeSite
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/biden-orders-study-to-look-into-govt-backed-digital-currency/?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=usa
- ‘The Next Pandemic’ Standardizing COVID QR codes – On CMTV
- https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/the-next-pandemic
- Watch The International Revolution Begins On The David Knight Show 3/10/22*
- https://www.bitchute.com/video/I7SKk9ZYKsDB/
- Watch – Russia Accuses US Of ‘Experimenting With Bat Coronavirus In Ukraine – On Banned Video
- https://banned.video/watch?id=622a3de1f15cb56412068d25
- Watch – DEAD TREES in big cities ¿why? – Let’s Look Again At 5G – On gloriatv
- https://gloria.tv/post/vu1Lyh1dbiVr4YRfkTFJArNke
- 5G Radiation Causes ‘Microwave Syndrome’ Symptoms, Study Finds • Children’s Health Defense
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/5g-radiation-microwave-syndrome-symptoms/ - Radiation Studies – CDC: Non-Ionizing Radiation
- https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/nonionizing_radiation.html
- EMF (Electric and Magnetic Fields) | NIOSH | CDC
- https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/emf/
- Pete Buttigieg’s Husband Led Children in LGBT Pledge of Allegiance – On Breitbart
- https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/10/watch-chasten-buttigieg-leads-kids-in-pledge-to-rainbow-flag-to-the-gay-agenda-for-which-it-stands/
- Ron DeSantis Rips ‘Woke’ Disney After CEO Bob Chapek Attacks Parental Rights Bill – On Breitbart
- https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/11/ron-desantis-rips-woke-disney-after-company-knocks-sexual-instruction-bill/
- Sex Education Camps for Children Offer Seminars on Questionable Adult Themes – On The Epoch Times
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/sex-education-camps-for-children-offer-seminars-on-questionable-adult-themes_4331259.html
- JPMorgan Emerges As Largest Counterparty To Chinese Tycoon’s Massive Nickel Short Squeeze – On ZeroHedge
- https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/jpmorgan-emerges-largest-counterparty-chinese-tycoons-massive-nickel-short-squeeze
- John Kerry: Climate change worse than Ukraine war On America’s Frontline Doctors
- https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/news/post/john-kerry-climate-change-worse-than-ukraine-war/
- So it’s True.. WHO Advises Ukraine to Destroy High Threat Pathogens in Health Labs to Prevent Spread of Infection – On The Gateway Pundit
- https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/true-advises-ukraine-destroy-high-threat-pathogens-health-labs-prevent-spread-infection/
- WATCH: Trooper Drives into DUI Suspect’s Path to Shield Runners – On Breitbart
- https://www.breitbart.com/local/2022/03/10/watch-trooper-drives-into-dui-suspects-path-to-shield-runners-epitome-of-what-service-is-about/
- Watch Russia Convenes UN Security Council Meeting To Present BioLab Evidence – On Freeworld News
- https://freeworldnews.tv/watch?id=622b8ad436dc59686ccd6cc5
- Watch Top German Lawyer: This Isn’t About Health, It’s About Global Domination – On Freeworld
- https://freeworldnews.tv/watch?id=622b9c68e614476a4192434a
- NOT JUST WUHAN: Document Shows US Military Was Funding Bioresearch on Coronavirus in Insectivorous Bats in Ukraine On The Gateway Pundit
- https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/not-just-wuhan-document-shows-us-military-funding-bioresearch-coronavirus-insectivorous-bats-ukraine/
- Republican Somali Immigrant and Army Veteran is Running for Congress to Unseat Radical Ilhan Omar (VIDEO) On The Gateway Pundit
- https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/republican-somali-immigrant-army-veteran-running-congress-unseat-radical-ilhan-omar-video/
- WHO calls for “new global public health world order” to take advantage of future plandemics – NaturalNews.com
- https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-03-11-who-new-global-public-health-world-order.html
- Watch China’s ambitious different approach is cripple America from within On China in Focus Via YouTube
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fot8T6yH08Y
- In-depth analysis debunks Biden admin blaming oil companies for not developing 9000 leases – Feds ‘spent over a year making it more difficult’ to drill & environmentalists ‘constantly sue to stop any development’
- https://www.climatedepot.com/2022/03/09/in-depth-analysis-debunks-biden-admin-blaming-oil-companies-for-not-developing-9000-leases-feds-spent-over-a-year-making-it-more-difficult-to-drill-environmentalists-constantly-sue-to-stop-a/
- BIDEN EXECUTIVE ORDER: TARGETING CRYPTO AND PUSHING CBDC BY THE DAVID KNIGHT SHOW – On Bit Chute
- https://www.bitchute.com/video/gmckNpbnyUIh/
- Massive global depression coming as “dark years” for the world are beginning, says renowned expert – NaturalNews.com
- https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-03-11-massive-global-depression-coming-dark-years-renowned-expert.html
March 11 – Saint under the Caliphs – St. Eulogius of Cordova – On Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites
March 11 – Constantine the Great – On Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites
March 11 – Saint Sophronius – On Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites
From The Most Recent News Round Up After 33 Years of Failure to Produce Any Vaccine Novavax Targets Children for COVID-19 Vaccine – Vaccine Impact
Exodus 12:21-36
Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, ‘Go and choose animals from the flock on behalf of your families, and kill the Passover victim. Then take a spray of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and with the blood from the basin touch the lintel and the two doorposts. Let none of you venture out of the house till morning. Then, when the Lord goes through Egypt to strike it, and sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, he will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to enter your homes and strike. You must keep these rules as an ordinance for all time for you and your children. When you enter the land that the Lord is giving you, as he promised, you must keep to this ritual. And when your children ask you, “What does this ritual mean?” you will tell them, “It is the sacrifice of the Passover in honour of the Lord who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, and struck Egypt but spared our houses.”’ And the people bowed down and worshipped. The sons of Israel then departed, and they obeyed. They carried out the orders the Lord had given to Moses and Aaron.
And at midnight the Lord struck down all the first-born in the land of Egypt: the first-born of Pharaoh, heir to his throne, the first-born of the prisoner in his dungeon, and the first-born of all the cattle. Pharaoh and all his courtiers and all the Egyptians got up in the night, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house without its dead. And it was night when Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. ‘Get up,’ he said ‘you and the sons of Israel, and get away from my people. Go and offer worship to the Lord as you have asked and, as you have asked, take your flocks and herds, and go. And also ask a blessing on me.’ The Egyptians urged the people to hurry up and leave the land because, they said, ‘Otherwise we shall all be dead.’ So the people carried off their dough, still unleavened, on their shoulders, their kneading bowls wrapped in their cloaks.
The sons of Israel did as Moses had told them and asked the Egyptians for silver ornaments and gold, and for clothing. The Lord gave the people such prestige in the eyes of the Egyptians, that they gave them what they asked. So they plundered the Egyptians.
From the Mirror of Love by Saint Aelred, abbot |
The perfection of brotherly love lies in the love of one’s enemies. We can find no greater inspiration for this than grateful remembrance of the wonderful patience of Christ. He who is more fair than all the sons of men offered his fair face to be spat upon by sinful men; he allowed those eyes that rule the universe to be blindfolded by wicked men; he bared his back to the scourges; he submitted that head which strikes terror in principalities and powers to the sharpness of the thorns; he gave himself up to be mocked and reviled, and at the end endured the cross, the nails, the lance, the gall, the vinegar, remaining always gentle, meek and full of peace.
In short, he was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before the shearers he kept silent, and did not open his mouth.
Who could listen to that wonderful prayer, so full of warmth, of love, of unshakeable serenity – Father, forgive them – and hesitate to embrace his enemies with overflowing love? Father, he says, forgive them. Is any gentleness, any love, lacking in this prayer?
Yet he put into it something more. It was not enough to pray for them: he wanted also to make excuses for them. Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. They are great sinners, yes, but they have little judgement; therefore, Father, forgive them. They are nailing me to the cross, but they do not know who it is that they are nailing to the cross: if they had known, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory; therefore, Father, forgive them. They think it is a lawbreaker, an impostor claiming to be God, a seducer of the people. I have hidden my face from them, and they do not recognise my glory; therefore, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.
If someone wishes to love himself he must not allow himself to be corrupted by indulging his sinful nature. If he wishes to resist the promptings of his sinful nature he must enlarge the whole horizon of his love to contemplate the loving gentleness of the humanity of the Lord. Further, if he wishes to savour the joy of brotherly love with greater perfection and delight, he must extend even to his enemies the embrace of true love.
But if he wishes to prevent this fire of divine love from growing cold because of injuries received, let him keep the eyes of his soul always fixed on the serene patience of his beloved Lord and Saviour.