Meditating on Christ's Passion

By Marc Massery

Turn to any page of St. Faustina’s Diary, and you’ll find spiritual gems. Like this one:

Today, during Mass, I saw the Lord Jesus in the midst of His sufferings, as though dying on the cross. He said to me, My daughter, meditate frequently on the sufferings which I have undergone for your sake, and then nothing of what you suffer for Me will seem great to you. You please Me most when you meditate on My Sorrowful Passion. Join your little sufferings to My Sorrowful Passion, so that they may have infinite value before My Majesty (Diary, 1512).

Do you frequently compare yourself to other people? 

Between health, wealth, or success, there’s always someone who has something you don’t. With the rise of social media, it’s easier than ever to fall into the habit of comparing yourself to others. Unfortunately, constantly comparing yourself to others is sure to make you miserable. 

Instead of thinking so much about others, Jesus invites us to think about Him by contemplating about His Passion and death. When we meditate on His sufferings, He says, “Nothing of what you suffer for Me will seem great to you.” When we think about what Christ went through to prove His love for us, we won’t help but feel more inspired. 

Much of life is all about perspective. Who do you want to be like — the world? Or like Christ? If you want to be like Christ, don’t worry about what the world has, what the world says you need to be happy. Worry about what Christ has and what He says that you need. The more you get into the habit of thinking about Christ’s Passion amidst your own suffering, the more bearable, the more sweat your suffering will seem. And as you unite your suffering to Christ's suffering on the Cross, He can use that suffering to help other souls. 

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