For the virtue of moral courage.

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St. Matthew; St. Mark; St. Luke; St. John; St. Paul; St. Peter; Epistles of St. John
St. Anthony Mary Claret Meditations; Humility Meditations

St. Matthew 27:27-31 [top]

A-I

²⁷ Then the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus into the hall, gathered together unto Hm the whole band;

A-II

²⁸ And stripping Him, they put a scarlet cloak about Him.

A-III

²⁹ And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head, and a reed in His right hand. And bowing the knee before Him, they mocked Him, saying: Hail, king of the Jews.

A-IV

³⁰ And spitting upon Him, they took the reed, and struck His head.

A-V

³¹ And after they had mocked Him, they took off the cloak from Him, and put on Him His own garments, and led Him away to crucify Him.

St. Mark 15:16-20 [top]

A-VI

¹⁶ And the soldiers led Him away into the court of the palace, and they called together the whole band:

A-VII

¹⁷ And they clothe Him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon Him.

A-VIII

¹⁸ And they began to salute Him: Hail, king of the Jews.

A-IX

¹⁹ And they struck His head with a reed: and they did spit on Him. And bowing their knees, they adored Him.

A-X

²⁰ And after they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him, and put His own garments on Him, and they led Him out to crucify Him.

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St. Luke 23:2-12[top]

B-I

² And they began to accuse him, saying: We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he is Christ the king.

B-II

³ And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, said: Thou sayest it.

B-III

⁴ And Pilate said to the chief priests and to the multitudes: I find no cause in this man.

B-IV

⁵ But they were more earnest, saying: He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.

B-V

⁶ But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee?

B-VI

⁷ And when he understood that he was of Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him away to Herod, who was also himself at Jerusalem, in those days.

B-VII

⁸ And Herod, seeing Jesus, was very glad; for he was desirous of a long time to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to see some sign wrought by him.

B-VIII

⁹ And he questioned him in many words. But he answered him nothing.

B-IX

¹⁰ And the chief priests and the scribes stood by, earnestly accusing him.

B-X

¹¹ And Herod with his army set him at nought, and mocked him, putting on him a white garment, and sent him back to Pilate.

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John 15

C-I

¹⁸ If the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you.

C-II

¹⁹ If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

C-III

²⁰ Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

C-IV

²¹ But all these things they will do to you for my name’s sake: because they know not him who sent me.

C-V

²² If I had not come, and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

C-VI

²³ He that hateth Me, hateth My Father also.

C-VII

²⁴ If I had not done among them the works that no other man hath done, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both Me and my Father.

C-VIII

²⁵ But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: They hated me without cause.

C-IX

16 These things have I spoken to you, that you may not be scandalized.

C-X

² They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth a service to God.
³ And these things will they do to you; because they have not known the Father, nor me.

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John 18

D-I

²⁸ Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor’s hall. And it was morning; and they went not into the hall, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the pasch.

D-II

²⁹ Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: What accusation bring you against this man?

³⁰ They answered, and said to him: If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee.

D-III

³¹ Pilate therefore said to them: Take him you, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is not lawful for us to put any man to death;

D-IV

³² That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he said, signifying what death he should die.

³³ Pilate therefore went into the hall again, and called Jesus, and said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews?

D-V

³⁴ Jesus answered: Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it thee of me?

³⁵ Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own nation, and the chief priests, have delivered thee up to me: what hast thou done?

D-VI

³⁶ Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.

D-VII

³⁷ Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice.

D-VIII

³⁸ Pilate saith to him: What is truth? And when he said this, he went out again to the Jews, and saith to them: I find no cause in him.

D-IX

³⁹ But you have a custom that I should release one unto you at the pasch: will you, therefore, that I release unto you the king of the Jews?

D-X

⁴⁰ Then cried they all again, saying: Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

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E-I

² And the soldiers platting a crown of thorns, put it upon his head; and they put on him a purple garment.

E-II

³ And they came to him, and said: Hail, king of the Jews; and they gave him blows.

E-III

⁴ Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith to them: Behold, I bring him forth unto you, that you may know that I find no cause in him.

E-IV

⁵ (Jesus therefore came forth, bearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment.) And he saith to them: Behold the Man.

E-V

⁶ When the chief priests, therefore, and the servants, had seen him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Take him you, and crucify him: for I find no cause in him.

E-VI

⁷ The Jews answered him: We have a law; and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

E-VII

⁸ When Pilate therefore had heard this saying, he feared the more.
⁹ And he entered into the hall again, and he said to Jesus: Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

E-VIII

¹⁰ Pilate therefore saith to him: Speakest thou not to me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and I have power to release thee?
¹¹ Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not have any power against me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore, he that hath delivered me to thee, hath the greater sin.

E-IX

¹² And from henceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying: If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar’s friend. For whosoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against Caesar.

E-X

¹³ Now when Pilate had heard these words, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat, in the place that is called Lithostrotos, and in Hebrew Gabbatha.
¹⁴ And it was the parasceve of the pasch, about the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews: Behold your king.

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Fruit: to practice a meek forbearance amid suffering, injuries, insults and ill treatment, withholding my temper. 

1-Soldiers are speaking of crowning Jesus with a wreath of thorns 

2-The soldiers quickly put together a crown of thorns they used in the whipping

3-The soldiers put the thorny crown on Jesus’ Head and press it down with great force 

4-Jesus’ Head becomes a mass of wounds 

5-Blood trickles down from all sides of His Head 

6-Blood mingles with tears Jesus sheds 

7-The Blood that reddens Jesus Head, bathes His discolored Lips 

8-The soldiers lay an old purple mantle over Jesus’ Shoulders and put a reed in His Hand 

9-The soldiers insult Jesus, bend their knees, and say, Hail King of the Jews! They strike Him and spit in His Face 

10-Pilate presents Jesus to the people from a balcony and declares: Behold the Man.

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THE ROSARY MEDITATED TO GAIN HUMILITY. [top]

Third Mystery.—Jesus crowned.
Ah, here indeed is Jesus the King of the humble! Thorns for a crown, a reed for a sceptre, the spittle of insolent slaves defiling His sacred face, blindfolded, covered with blows, and commanded to prophesy—my soul, behold thy Saviour-God! . . .
Ah, Lord, cast me not off, guilty though I be! Cast me not off, lest I become more infamous than Barabbas or Judas. Thou dost offer these outrages to expiate my excesses.
O Mary, help me to live in humility, my proper state, thus to make some little indemnification for what my sins have caused thy dear Son!

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