CROWNING WITH THORNS

"And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. For...

"Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee....

"Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and...

"Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised,...

"As the hart panteth after the fountains of water, so my soul panteth after thee, O God. My soul hath thirsted after the strong living...

"he that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none."

"Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are...

"Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8, RHE).

My Jesus, my LOVE, oh how I want to focus my life on You and You alone.