Third Day
Hear Him Say to You: "I Thirst"
In
His agony, in His pain, in His loneliness He said clearly, "Why have
you forsaken Me?" He was so terribly lonely and forsaken and
suffering on the Cross. At this most difficult time, He proclaimed: 'I
Thirst'... and the people thought he was thirsty in an ordinary way and
they gave Him vinegar straight away; but it was not what He thirsted
for - it was for our love, our affection, that intimate attachment to
Him, and that sharing of His passion.
And it is strange that he
used such a word. He used 'I Thirst' instead of "give Me your love'.
The thirst of Jesus on the Cross is not imagination. It was a word: 'I
thirst.' Let us hear Him saying it to me and saying it to you. It is
really a gift of God.
If you listen with your heart, you will
hear, you will understand. Until you know deep inside that Jesus
thirsts for you, you can't begin to know who he wants to be for you.
Or who he wants you to be for him.
Follow his footsteps in
search of souls. Carry Him and His light into the homes of the poor,
especially to the souls most in need. Spread the charity of His Heart
wherever you go and so satiate His thirst for souls.
Thought for the day: Just think! God is thirsting for you and me to come forward to satiate his thirst.
Ask for the grace to understand Jesus' cry of thirst.
Prayer to Blessed Teresa of Calcutta:
Blessed
Teresa of Calcutta, you allowed the thirsting love of Jesus on the
Cross to become a living flame within you, and so became the light of
his love to all. Obtain from the Heart of Jesus the grace to satiate
the thirst of Christ through the people we meet today and to do small
things with great love. Teach me to allow Jesus to penetrate and
possess my whole being so completely that my life, too, may radiate his
light and love to others. Amen.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cause of Our Joy, pray for us.
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us.
