CROWNING WITH THORNS

" And she brought forth her firstborn son , and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, Because there was no room for them in the inn " (Luke 2:7).

"Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat : I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink : I was a stranger, and you took me in : Naked, and you covered me : sick, and you visited me : I was in prison, and you came to me . Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry and fed thee: thi

"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...

"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,...

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