Passion

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I'm really, really looking forward to seeing this movie. Take a look at this preview.

-- Emerald (emerald1@cox.net), July 15, 2003

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"St. Augustine assures us that there is no spiritual exercise more fruitful or more useful than the frequent reflection on the sufferings of our Lord. Blessed Albert the Great, who had St. Thomas Aquinas as his student, learned in a revelation that by simply thinking of or meditating on the passion of Jesus Christ, a Christian gains more merit than if he had fasted on bread and water every Friday for a year, or had beaten himself with the discipline once a week til blood flowed, or had recited the whole Book of Psalms every day. If this is so, then how great must be the merit we can gain from the Rosary, which commemorates the whole life and passion of our Lord?

Our Lady one day revealed to Blessed Alan de la Roche that, after the holy sacrifice of the Mass, which is the first and most living memorial of our Lord's passion, there was indeed no more excellent devotion or one of greater merit than that of the Rosary, which is like a second memorial and representation of the life and passion of Jesus Christ.

-- St. Louis De Monfort in The Secret of the Rosary

-- Emerald (emerald1@cox.net), July 15, 2003.


In the cross is salvation,
in the cross is life,
in the cross is protection against our enemies,
in the cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness,
in the cross is strength of mind,
in the cross joy of spirit,
in the cross the height of virtue,
in the cross the perfection of holiness.
There is no salvation of the soul,
or hope of everlasting life,
but in the cross.
Take up therefore your cross and follow Jesus,
and you shall go into life everlasting.


-- Stephen (StephenLynn999@msn.com), July 23, 2003.

That was from The Imitation of Christ.

-- Stephen (StephenLynn999@msn.com), July 23, 2003.

The short clip of the movie I saw was fabulous. I can't wait to see the full length film! What a Lent it will be!

-- Withheld 2 (Withheld@yahoo.com), July 25, 2003.

Did Mel Gibson change his mind and decide to have subtitles?

-- Theresa Huether (Rodntee4Jesus@aol.com), July 25, 2003.


Everytime I try to click onto this video, I get this message box that tells me it is going to take 2 hours to download. Is that right?

Gail

P.S. I can't wait to see the movie either. The more controversy that surrounds this movie, the more people will come out to see it. So let the naysayers naaaayyyyyy!!!!

-- Gail (rothfarms@socket.net), July 25, 2003.


Yeah I think he did Theresa.

-- Emerald (emerald1@cox.net), July 26, 2003.

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