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II. Eucharistic liturgy and conclusive rites
II. Eucharistic liturgy and conclusive rites
(PART II )
The Divine Master, royally seated on the divine throne of the Cross, had pronounced his last words to declare solemnly before heaven and before earth his merciful love of us.
~Padre, do you also recite during the Mass the seven words that Jesus had pronounced on the Cross?
Yes, unworthily, I pronounce them.
~And to whom do you say; “woman, here is thy ”?
I say to Her: here are the sons of Your .
~Do you suffer the thirst and abandonment of Jesus?
Yes
~When so you suffer the thirst and abandonment?
After the consecration.
~Up to which moment do you suffer the abandonment and the thirst?
Usually up to the Communion.
~Did Jesus Crucified have His entrails consumed?
I would say, rather, that they were burned!
~What did Jesus crucified thirst for?
For God’s Reign.
The same thirst used to set Padre Pio’s soul on fire. These were extremely and hours. Not one drop of comfort used to fall in the burnt up heart of Padre Pio.
~You have said you are ashamed to admit you tried, in vain, to find some comfort. Why?
~Because in comparison to what Jesus had to suffer, our suffering, as the real guilty ones, is a mere nothing.
~Whom are you ashamed of?
Of God and of my conscience.
~Don’t the Angels of the Lord comfort you on the altar where the sacrifice takes place?
But… I do not hear them.
~If the comfort does not reach you during the divine sacrifice and, like Jesus, you suffer the complete abandonment, our presence is useless.
The usefulness is all on your part. We should likewise consider useless then the presence of Our Lady, of John and of the pious women at the feet of the dying Lord.
The loving heart, rent at the sight of such severe abandonment, would not remain inert but would eagerly desire to take valid part in the violent suffering.
~Padre, why don’t you let us share your grief?
The jewels of the spouse are not to be made a gift of to anyone.
~Tell me what I can do to lighten your Calvary.
Lighten it?!… I would rather you make it heavier. We need to suffer!
~It is distressing to assist at your martyrdom without being able to do anything to help!
It was the same with Our Lady of Sorrow. However it was certainly more comforting for Jesus to have a mother who would grieve for him rather than a mother who was indifferent.
~What did the Virgin do at the feet of Jesus Crucified?
She suffered in seeing her suffering. She offered her grief and the suffering of Jesus to the celestial Father for our salvation.
It is not surprising that, though talking entire possession of its victim, the suffering is centered in two significant parts of the person of Padre Pio.
~Curiosity apart. Which is the wound that make you suffer most?
The head and the heart.
The Communion was the culminating part of the Mass pf Padre Pio; the supreme moment of the Passion of Jesus. Bent on the altar, his hands tight on the chalice, with the Lord in his heart, the Seraph of Pietrelcina, with his senses all taken up, would remain for long in close contact with Jesus.
The Padre was asked:
~What is Holy Communion?
It is all one mercy, all one embrace. Do pray to Jesus that he may make himself sensibly felt.
~Where does Jesus kiss you?
All over.
~When Jesus comes does he visit only the soul?
All the entire being.
~What does Jesus do in Communion?
He take delight in His creature.
~Is Communion an incorporation?
It is a fusion. In the way two candles are blended together not to be distinguishable anymore.
~When you unite with Jesus in Holy Communion, what should we ask the Lord for you?
That I too should become another Jesus, all Jesus, forever Jesus.
~You have given me to understand that the Sacred Species in you are not consumed; that the Blood of Jesus flows in your veins! Are you then a living Monstrance?
You are saying it!
By visiting every part of Padre Pio, making him one in Him, Jesus permitted the crucified man of Gargano to relish the mystery of His death in the same way He Himself relished at Calvary in offering the Sacrifice to the Father.
Between intonations of tender love and moments of exquisite pain, Padre Pio, in Jesus, also consummates his sacrifice.
~Why do you cry, Padre, when you receive Holy communion?
If the Church utters: “You did not scorn the Virgin’s womb” with regards to the incarnation, what should be said of us poor creatures?
~Do you suffer also at the Holy Communion?
It is the culminating point.
~Does the pain persist after the Communion?
Yes, but it is a loving pain.
~Doesn’t Jesus console you in this union?
Yes, but I still remain on the Cross! In this supreme instant a last glance is cast:
~Where did Jesus dying cast His last glance?
At His Mother.
~And where do you cast your last glance?
At my brothers in exile.
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