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Thank you, Jesus! Thank you, O Mary! I was able to reflect on the passion with which you, united in love, saved the world. Thank you for the existential experience that brought me the resurrection so that everything can be transformed into good. Thank you, because with new faith, with new joy and with renewed…

Three days after the resurrection! The strong stone boulder of the tomb is nearly crumbled by the radiant light that is shed from the risen Christ.  Jesus appears suspended in midair in all His divinity and blazing, regal majesty. Nothing shows the terrible sufferings He experienced. It is He, the Messiah, the Son of God,…

The cold and heavy structure of the tomb dominates   the scene of the burial. Mary seems to light up the face of Jesus with a last of the enormous sacrifice that is just about to be competed.in that only a mother can express. All is wrapped in a climate of painful sorrows. The disciples cry…

Mary cannot bear this laborious descent from the cross, her pain makes her faint. The crowd that assisted at the death of Jesus has disappeared. The few faithful to the Master have remained and are intent on accomplishing the compassionate act of recovering the lifeless body of Jesus. The death of “The Rabbi” caused a…

The horizon is broken by the three crosses, and Christ is raised vertically in the center. Jesus, after having entrusted the Mother to the son and the son to the Mother, turned to the Father who is in heaven and said. “Father, forgive them because they know not what they do”. These are holy words…

Everything is still, everything is silent. The vibrant blows of the hammer set the scene. Even the guards have finally quieted and help silently, three robust executioners nail Jesus on the cross. Jesus on the cross. Jesus doesn’t move. He doesn’t cry. From His mouth, dry from the fever, not a word is uttered. His…

Jesus has arrived at the place of the execution and the soldiers are stripping Him. In spite of the atrocious suffering and the physical exhaustion, He is still able to stand up and He does this with majestic royalty. This is the moment, before the nails penetrate Him. That the face of Christ shows all…

This third fall is dominated by the overturned cross that is nearly hidden. It is dimly seen among the men that try to hold it. Its weight for a brief moment does not lie heavy on our Lord’s shoulders. Everyone is crowding around Jesus, whose body can be seen through the legs of the crowd…

As Jesus climbs Calvary, He meets a group of women from Jerusalem. Filled with pity from the scene, they cry and beat their breasts .Jesus stops to speak to them: “Do not weep over me. But weep for yourselves and your children. ” Between Jesus and the women there is a reciprocal pity. Christ’s compassion…

An increased violence prevails in this dramatic scene. Jesus is seen again with His knees on the ground, His hands and his blood are in the dust. It seems, He wants to embrace the rocks on the ground. Again the crowd that followed is over Him shouting and threatening. Someone holds the cross. Others band…

Veronica leaves a group of women to go to Jesus. He turns towards her, so she can wipe His face. The pity of the women On the left, amongst them Mary, who share their maternal Feeling with those of Veronica, contrasts with the scorn of those who, deaf to every feeling, use whips and sticks…

Jesus is at the center of the scene. His strength is gone. He seems to be drawn to the ground by His own weight. He looks as if His muscles no longer exist. His head is tilted to His left with fatigue and it is held up compassionately by one of the men from the…