Editor’s Note:  In his book, The School of Jesus Crucified, Father Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist, outlines 25 points as a “Practical Rule of Christian Life for Daily Observance”.  We will publish one a day. 

Point 18  

“When you take your meals, remember that Jesus Crucified had not even a drop of water wherewith to assuage His thirst during the last hours of His bitter agony.  Never sit down to your meals without first saying some short prayer; nor rise from them without lifting up your mind and heart with feelings of sincere gratitude for His goodness, and conclude by making the Sign of the Cross.  Such has ever been the pious custom of all the Faithful from the earliest ages of the Church.  To do otherwise would show a great want of piety, and be an imitation of the pagans and infidels.”

Editor’s Note:  In his book, The School of Jesus Crucified, Father Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist, outlines 25 points as a “Practical Rule of Christian Life for Daily Observance”.  We will publish one a day.

Point 17

“When you see the poor, the sick, the unfortunate, and the imprisoned, entertain charitable feelings of pity for them, and relieve them if it be in your power, remembering that it was for love of you that Jesus Christ became poor, endured so many sufferings, and did not refuse to be ignominiously bound in order to liberate your soul from the chains of sin.  To a lover of Jesus Crucified, there is nothing which may not frequently suggest thoughts of Him, and of His sufferings.”

Editor’s Note:  In his book, The School of Jesus Crucified, Father Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist, outlines 25 points as a “Practical Rule of Christian Life for Daily Observance”.  We will publish one a day.

Point 16

“When you feel sad, sorrowful, or disturbed in mind, think of Jesus agonizing in the garden, and overwhelmed with the deepest sorrow at the sight of your sins, and the prospect of His own most bitter Passion.  Unite yourself in spirit to Him, and say with Him: Beloved Heavenly Father, Thy will be done!  For want of Christian reflections like these, men often give way to feelings of impatience most unworthy of a follower of Jesus Christ Crucified.”

Editor’s Note:  In his book, The School of Jesus Crucified, Father Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist, outlines 25 points as a “Practical Rule of Christian Life for Daily Observance”.  We will publish one a day.

Point 15

“If your neighbor offend you in word or deed, or if he weary or contradict you, remember the outrages, contempt, and injuries suffered by Jesus during the course of His Passion, and say to yourself:  My soul, see with what humility and meekness Jesus the Son of God keeps silence in the midst of all the evil treatment He has to endure; and wilt thou nourish feelings of resentment?  Ah, no, my sweetest Jesus, for Thy sake I will suffer in silence.”

Editor’s Note:  In his book, The School of Jesus Crucified, Father Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist, outlines 25 points as a “Practical Rule of Christian Life for Daily Observance”.  We will publish one a day.

Point 14

“In time of temptation, and when in danger of offending God, instantly call to mind the Wounds of Jesus, invoke His name with perfect confidence, and imagine that you behold Him on the Cross, lovingly saying to you, ‘Son, do not offend Me; do not renew My Passion and Death.  Son, I have always loved thee, why wilt thou now grieve My heart by thy hateful sins?’  Prostrate at His feet, renew your determination rather to die than offend so dear a Father, so loving a Redeemer.  There can be no thought more efficacious in preventing us from committing sin than that of the sufferings and wounds of Jesus Crucified.”