Third Sorrowful Mystery:
The Crowning with Thorns


Accused of wanting to make Himself King, Jesus was mocked as a King by the soldiers. They put on Him a purple robe, and in His Hand they put a reed for a sceptre. Then they plaited a crown of sharp thorns and placed it on His Head, pressing it down so that the thorns pierced into His Sacred Head. Then they bowed their knee saying "Hail, King of the Jews!" They spat on His Divine Face; they struck His Head, jeering at Him all the while. Jesus suffered on in silence.

FRUIT OF THE MYSTERY:
WILLINGNESS TO UNDERGO HUMILIATION IN ORDER TO SERVE GOD------
CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD

Look now, O proud human heart, you who fear any loss of face, and hope for honors! Who is this Man in purple robe and made a shame of, like a most useless slave? He is your King and God! He has been despised as the lowest of men! He saves you from endless shame and heals you from rottedness of pride. This King of everlasting glory wears the crown of thorns even till death to make satisfaction to the Divine Justice for your pride and all the sins which grow from it.





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