Darts of Fire: OR PROOFS THAT JESUS CHRIST HAS GIVEN US OF HIS LOVE IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION by St. Alphonsus Liguori XIX. Quasi agnus coram tondente se, obmutescet, et non aperiet os suum. "And shall be dumb as a lamb before his shearer, and He shall not open His mouth."-----Isa. liii. 7 This was precisely the passage which the eunuch of Queen Candace was reading; but not understanding of Whom it was written, St. Philip, inspired by God, entered the carriage in which the eunuch was, and explained to him that these words referred to our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Jesus was called a Lamb because He was dragged into the prætorium of Pilate, and then led to death just like an innocent lamb. Therefore the Baptist calls Him a Lamb. Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him Who taketh away the sins of the world. [John, i. 29] A Lamb Who suffers and dies a victim on the Cross for our sins. Surely He hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows. [Isa. liii. 4] Miserable are those who do not love Jesus Christ during their life. In the last day the sight of this Lamb in His wrath will make them say to the mountains, Fall upon us and hide us from the fate of Him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. [Apoc. vi. 16] No, my Divine Lamb, if in times past I have not loved Thee, now I will love Thee forever. Before, I was blind, but now that thou hast enlightened me, and hast made me know the great evil I have done in turning my back upon Thee, and the infinite love which is due to Thee for Thy goodness and for the love Thou hast borne me, I repent with all my heart for having offended Thee, and I love Thee above all things. O wounds, O Blood of my Redeemer, how many souls hast Thou not inflamed with love! Inflame my soul also. Ah, my Jesus, continually call to my remembrance Thy Passion and the pains and ignominies that Thou hast suffered for me, that I may detach my affections from earthly goods and place them all on Thee, my only and infinite good. I love Thee, Lamb of God, sacrificed and annihilated on the Cross for my sake. Thou hast not refused to suffer for me; I will not refuse to suffer for Thee whatever Thou requirest. I will no longer complain of the crosses that Thou dost send me. I ought to have been in Hell these many years; how, then, can I complain? Give me grace to love Thee, and then do with me what Thou wilt. Who shall separate me from the love of Christ? [Rom. viii. 35] Ah, my Jesus, sin alone can separate me from Thy love. Ah, let it not be; rather let me die a thousand times; this I beg of Thee by Thy sacred Passion. I beseech thee, O Mary, by thy sorrows deliver me from the death of sin. The Back spray takes you to the previous page and the Forward to the next.  E-Mail HOME-----------------------CHILDREN--------------------CHRISTMAS www.catholictradition.org/Christmas/darts-fire19.htm