COLLOQUY Imagining Christ Our Lord before me on the cross, make a colloquy asking how it came about that the Creator made Himself man, and from eternal life came to temporal death, and thus to die for my sins. Then, turning to myself I shall ask, what have I done for Christ? what am I doing for Christ? what ought I to do for Christ? Finally, seeing Him in that state hanging on the cross, talk over whatever comes to mind.
A colloquy, properly so-called, means speaking as one friend speaks with another, or a servant with a master, at times asking for some favour, at other times accusing oneself of something badly done, or telling the other about one’s concerns and asking for advice about them. And then say an Our Father.
Munitiz, Joseph; Ignatius Of Loyola,. Personal Writings (Penguin Classics) (p. 296). Penguin UK. Kindle Edition.
Christ's suffering and death on the cross is the ultimate sign that this is the God of the underdog, this is divine solidarity with miserable failure. Why am I finding it so difficult to keep my concentration with this image?
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