From Scripture

                                 Mark 14:1-15, 47
                                 Make Jesus' Passion our own.

                                 It is important to recall the events of Jesus' Passion.  It is even more important to share in his suffering and great love during his Passion. 
                                 St. Paul said, "We hold this treasure in earthern vessels........... always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body" (Corinthians 4:7-10).  He means that everything that happens in our lives --- the good and the bad ---- can be part of our bond with Jesus.
                                Every day our frustrations, our fears, our loneliness, our temptations, can become ways in which we share in the suffering and death of Christ.
                                Likewise, our joys, our good health, our family, our friends, are all important ways to share in the joy of his Resurrection.  The point is to offer everything to Christ.
                                St. Alphonsus wrote, "We should consider not so much the sorrows Jesus suffered as the love with which he bore them."  Disciples of Jesus can have the same attitude toward suffering as he did and can share in his joy of Resurrection.