In the Passion, the light which overshadows all is the thought that our Lord, in spite of His infinite love for His Father, yet as a sinner is compelled to give Him pain, having for our sakes taken upon Himself the sins of the world. Perhaps you can see better what I mean if you picture the agony it would cause to see that all one's efforts to show love were taken as so many marks of hatred. I can understand how Jesus seems so anxious for someone "to grieve together with Him." Compassion really means "suffering with." Hence the further He leads you into the Garden of Gethsemane, the dearer will you be to Him, and the greater graces you will win for others.
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Adapted from A Year's Thoughts
Collected from the Writings of Fr. William Doyle, S.J. (1922)
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