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462 West Ludlow Street

Parish Office and Rectory

118 North Market Street

Telephone: 570-645-2664

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St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church

A Faith Community of the  Diocese of Allentown

Serving the Families of Summit Hill, Pennsylvania

March 2012

It is for the love of His Father above all else that Jesus willed to undergo His Passion.
Behold Jesus Christ in His agony. For three long hours weariness, grief, fear and anguish sweep in upon His soul like a torrent; the pressure of this interior agony is so immense that blood bursts forth from His sacred veins. What an abyss of suffering is reached in this agony! And what does Jesus say to His Father? "Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from Me." Can it be that Jesus no longer accepts the Will of His Father? Oh! certainly He does. But this prayer is the cry of the sensitive emotions of poor human nature, crushed by ignominy and suffering. Now is Jesus truly a "Man of Sorrows." Our Savior feels the terrible weight of His agony bearing down upon His shoulders. He wants us to realize this; that is why He utters such a prayer.
But listen to what He immediately adds: "Nevertheless, Father, not My will but Thine be done." Here is the triumph of love. Because He loves His Father, He places the Will of His Father above everything else and accepts every possible suffering in order to redeem us.

The Sorrowful Mysteries

The thought of our sins and His coming suffering causes the agonizing Savior to sweat blood. (Luke 22:39-44).

Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/devotion als/prayers/rosary/agony.htm#i xzz1Ixoib4ww

The Agony in the Garden

The Scourging at the Pillar

Jesus is stripped and unmercifully scourged until His body is one mass of bloody wounds. (Matt. 27:26)

Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/devoti onals/prayers/rosary/scourgi ng.htm#ixzz1IxpgC8Ef

The Crowning of Thorns

Jesus' claim to kingship is ridiculed by putting a crown of thorns on His head and a reed in His hand. (Matt. 27:28- 31)

Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/devotiona ls/prayers/rosary/crown_thorns. htm#ixzz1Ixr41i1Q

Jesus carries  His cross

Jesus shoulders His own cross and carries it to the place of crucifixion while Mary follows Him sorrowing.
(Luke 23:26- 32)

Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals /prayers/rosary/carry_cross.htm#i xzz1IxrztfyI

The Crucifixion

Jesus is nailed to the cross and dies after three hours of  agony witnessed by His Mother. (Matt. 27:33-50)


Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/rosary/C rucifixion.htm#ixzz1IxsBl2eu