For the virtue of purity.

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St. Matthew 27:17-26 [top]

A-I

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¹⁷ They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said: Whom will you that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?

A-II

¹⁸ For he knew that for envy they had delivered Him.

A-III

¹⁹ And as he was sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to him, saying: Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

A-IV

²⁰ But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people, that they should ask for Barabbas, and take Jesus away.

A-V

²¹ And the governor answering, said to them: Whether will you of the two to be released unto you? But they said, Barabbas.

A-VI

²² Pilate saith to them: What shall I do then with Jesus that is called Christ? They say all: Let him be crucified.

A-VII

²³ The governor said to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying: Let him be crucified.

A-VIII

²⁴ And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a tumult was made; taking water washed his hands before the people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just man; look you to it.

A-IX

²⁵ And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and our children.

A-X

²⁶ Then he released to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered Him unto them to be crucified.

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St. Mark 15:1-15 [top]

B-I

15 And straightway in the morning, the chief priests holding a consultation with the ancients and the scribes and the whole council, binding Jesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

B-II

² And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, saith to him: Thou sayest it.
³ And the chief priests accused him in many things.

B-III

³ And the chief priests accused him in many things.

B-IV

⁴ And Pilate again asked him, saying: Answerest thou nothing? behold in how many things they accuse thee.
⁵ But Jesus still answered nothing; so that Pilate wondered.

B-V

⁶ Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded.
⁷ And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the sedition had committed murder.

B-VI

⁸ And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do, as he had ever done unto them.
⁹ And Pilate answered them, and said: Will you that I release to you the king of the Jews?

B-VII

¹⁰ For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up out of envy.
¹¹ But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

B-VIII

¹² And Pilate again answering, saith to them: What will you then that I do to the king of the Jews?
¹³ But they again cried out: Crucify him.

B-IX

¹⁴ And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more: Crucify him.

B-X

¹⁵ And so Pilate being willing to satisfy the people, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

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St. Luke 23:13-24 [top]

C-I

¹³ And Pilate, calling together the chief priests, and the magistrates, and the people,

C-II

¹⁴ Said to them: You have presented unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people; and behold I, having examined him before you, find no cause in this man, in those things wherein you accuse him.

C-III

¹⁵ No, nor Herod neither. For I sent you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death is done to him.

C-IV

¹⁶ I will chastise him therefore, and release him.

C-V

¹⁷ Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day.
¹⁸ But the whole multitude together cried out, saying: Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

C-VI

¹⁹ Who, for a certain sedition made in the city, and for a murder, was cast into prison.

C-VII

²⁰ And Pilate again spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus.
²¹ But they cried again, saying: Crucify him, crucify him.

C-VIII

²² And he said to them the third time: Why, what evil hath this man done? I find no cause of death in him. I will chastise him therefore, and let him go.

C-IX

²³ But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified; and their voices prevailed.

C-X

²⁴ And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

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Luke 18

D-I

³¹ Then Jesus took unto Him the twelve, and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the Son of man.

D-II

³² For He shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and scourged, and spit upon:

D-III

³³ And after they have scourged Him, they will put Him to death; and the third day He shall rise again.

D-IV

³⁴ And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them, and they understood not the things that were said.

Acts 4

D-V

¹⁰ Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead, even by him this man standeth here before you whole.

D-VI

¹¹ This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner.
¹² Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved.

D-VII

²⁴ Who having heard it, with one accord lifted up their voice to God, and said: Lord, thou art he that didst make heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.

D-VIII

²⁵ Who, by the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of our father David, thy servant, hast said: Why did the Gentiles rage, and the people meditate vain things?

D-IX

²⁶ The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes assembled together against the Lord and his Christ.
²⁷ For of a truth there assembled together in this city against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

D-X

²⁸ To do what thy hand and thy counsel decreed to be done.

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St. Matthew 23

E-I

²⁵ Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness.

E-II

²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.

E-III

²⁷ Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men’s bones, and of all filthiness.

E-IV

²⁸ So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

E-V

²⁹ Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just,
³⁰ And say: If we had been in the days of our Fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

E-VI

³¹ Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets.

E-VII

³² Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
³³ You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell?

E-VIII

³⁴ Therefore behold I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

E-IX

³⁵ That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
³⁶ Amen I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

E-X

³⁷ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldest not?
³⁸ Behold, your house shall be left to you, desolate.
³⁹ For I say to you, you shall not see me henceforth till you say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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Saint Anthony Mary Claret Meditation Points [top]

Fruit: Holy patience in my pains, toils, sorrows and troubles, considering how far more Jesus suffered than I, though He was innocent and I am a guilty sinner. 

1-Jesus is delivered to the Jews for scourging 

2-Jesus says nothing at the sentence they pass, so unjust, cruel and shameful 

3-Jesus is disrobed and strapped to a pillar 

4-The Jews are anxious and ready to scourge Jesus

5-Jesus is whipped with lashes, cords and leather straps 

6-Jesus is beaten with thorn-covered branches 

7-Jesus is whipped with iron chains 

8-Jesus sheds His Precious Blood in torrents 

9-Jesus endures more than five thousand lashes with heroic patience, uttering no complaint 

10-After the whipping, Jesus is robed again.

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THE ROSARY MEDITATED TO GAIN HUMILITY. [top]

Second Mystery.—Jesus scourged.
O the confusion of the Lamb of God on being stripped of His garments in the midst of the vile rabble, on being condemned to a punishment reserved for slaves only!
O what patience under those cruel lashes! See His sacred body covered with wounds!
O Mary, my cowardice suffers me not to endure such pains as those of thy dear Son! Ah! obtain for me, at least, a portion of the admirable humility that shone forth in the midst of His sufferings.

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