O Jesus, sweet Lover of men, what love is this that hath so swallowed up Thy Heart, that Thou hastenest to death as to a marriage feast, that Thou goest forth to meet Thine enemies, as if they were Thy friends! from John Tauler: Meditations on the Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Come to Me All
17th Cent. engraving F. Huberti
Antonius Wierix (ca. 1552–1604) from his series Cor Jesu amanti sacum
I am my Beloved's and my Beloved is mine. Canticles 6:3
Saintin, Paris Pl. 351
JESUS COMMUNICATES TO THE SOUL
THE MERITS OF HIS SUFFERING
By His stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:4-5
BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD.
Old Flemish Engraving                                                 
That this cross may be sweet to Him,
These torments to Him would be delicious
if all gathered in the fruit.
Bouasse Lebel 1133
Woman, behold thy son! Son, behold thy mother!

He said to his Disciple, "Here is your Mother!"
He said to his Mother, "Woman, here is your son!"

He bowed His head, and gave up the Spirit.
~John 19:30
Copper-plate engraving by Karl Remshardt (1638-1735)
from a German devotional, 1709

Jesus' body taken down from the cross.
Detail from antique copper-pate engraving by Karl Remshardt (1638-1735) from German Catholic devotional printed in 1709.
QUEEN OF MARTYRS
All you pass by the way, behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.
IEREM: THREN ~ IT IS WRITTEN: "WE SHALL BE CONVERTED"
Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning. Lamentations 5:21
Benziger
Mater Dolorosa
"Passione secondo Bouasse-Lebel" by Flavio Cammarano
The Seven Canonical Hours of the Passion of Jesus Christ Produced by  Flavio Camarrano and Aldo Florian

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