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and who was in the act of giving His life for the very ones who had just

abandoned Him in the extreme hours of His life even more, they had
run away. What sorrow! What sorrow! And I, in seeing Him agonize and

sweat Blood, agonised together with Him and sustained Him in my

maternal arms. I was inseparable from my Son; His pains were
reflected in my Heart, liquefied by sorrow and by love, and I felt them

more than if they were my own. So I followed Him the whole night; there

was not one pain or accusation they gave Him, which did not resound in
my Heart. But, at the dawn of the morning, unable to endure any longer,

accompanied by the disciple John, by Magdalene and other pious

women, I wanted to follow Him step by step, also corporally, from one
tribunal to another.

My dearest child, I heard the roaring of the lashes that fell upon the

naked body of my Son; I heard the mockeries, the satanic laughter, and
the blows they gave Him on His head when they crowned Him with

thorns. I saw Him when Pilate showed Him to the people disfigured and

unrecognizable. I felt deafened by the “Crucify Him, Crucify Him!” I saw
Him take the Cross upon His shoulders, exhausted, panting. And I,

unable to refrain, hastened my step to give Him my last embrace and to

dry His face, all wet with Blood. But no! there was no pity for Us. The
cruel soldiers pulled Him by the ropes and made Him fall. Dear child,

what harrowing pain, not being able to help my dear Jesus in so many
pains. Every pain opened a sea of sorrow in my pierced Heart. Finally, I

followed Him to Calvary, where, amid unheard-of pains and horrible

contortions, He was crucified and lifted up on the Cross. Only then was
it conceded to Me to be at the foot of the Cross, to receive from His

dying lips the gift of all my children, and the right and seal of my

Maternity over all creatures. Shortly after, amid unheard-of spasms, He
breathed His last.

All nature wore mourning, and cried over the death of its Creator. The

sun cried, obscuring itself and withdrawing, horrified, from the face of

the earth. The earth cried with a strong tremor, ripping open in various

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