“Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught,Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;"Be thou whole," say openly:"I forgive thee all.” LooksWholeTurnsFallJesusCompassionFeetCrossesForgivingTheeBelovedAgonyGlancesGraciousTurn Me Author:Bernard of Clairvaux
“The death, and the burial, and the resurrection of Jesus happened over three days. Friday was the day of suffering and pain and agony. Saturday was the day of doubt and confusion and misery. But Easter, that Sunday, was the day of hope and joy and victory. You will face these three days over and over and over in your lifetime. And when you do, you’ll find yourself asking, as I did, three fundamental questions: Number one, what do I do in my days of pain? Two, how do I get through my days of doubt and confusion? Three, how do I get to the days of joy and victory? The answer is Easter.” TwoPainFacesJoySufferingThreeJesusAnswersNumbersDoubtHappenedVictoryAskingFundamentalsMiseryLifetimeConfusionSundayFinding YourselfResurrectionAgonySaturdayEasterFridayBurialJesus ResurrectionSuffering And Pain Author:Rick Warren
“When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.” No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us - denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him - and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don't know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.” ThinkingKnowsGivingSaidFatherJesusCrossesForgivingLovelyAttractiveBetrayAgonyActs Of Love Author:Timothy Keller
“Have not all theists painted their Deity as the god of love and goodness? Yet after thousands of years of such preachments the gods remain deaf to the agony of the human race. Confucius cares not for the poverty, squalor and misery of the people of China. Buddha remains undisturbed in his philosophical indifference to the famine and starvation of outraged Hindoos; Jahve continues deaf to the bitter cry of Israel; while Jesus refuses to rise from the dead against his Christians who are butchering each other.” PeopleYearsHumansCareChristianJesusRacePovertyAtheismCryGoodnessPhilosophicalRemainsMiseryRefuseIsraelChinaPositive AtheismBitterIndifferenceHuman RaceAgonyDeafDeitiesStarvationFamineOutragedTheistSqualor Book:Mother Earth, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Social Science and Literature Source: Mother Earth, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Social Science and Literature
“So often our sisters comfort others when their own needs are greater than those being comforted. That quality is like the generosity of Jesus on the cross. Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity!” NeedsJesusQualityGreaterComfortEmpathyCrossesGenerosityDivinityPortionsAgony Author:Neal A. Maxwell