Meditations on the Life and Passion of Our Lord

About this book

Meditations on the life and sufferings of Christ attributed to John Tauler, the fourteenth-century German Dominican preacher. Following the Lord from His birth to His cross, the meditations invite the reader to dwell on each scene with gratitude and self-examination. They belong to the late-medieval devotion that taught Christians to meditate on the Passion as the school of love.

Contents

1. The First Chapter. A Confession on bended knees to implore God’s goodness
2. The Second Chapter. A devout Meditation and Thanksgiving on the Incarnation and Life of Jesus
3. The Third Chapter. Of the washing of the disciples’ feet
4. The Fourth Chapter. Of the Institution of the Worshipful and most August Sacrament
5. The Fifth Chapter. A devout Prayer to the Worshipful Sacrament 🔒
6. The Sixth Chapter. A devout Exercise on the Passion of our Lord 🔒
7. The Seventh Chapter. Of the great Sorrow and Anguish which Christ underwent in the Garden, at the thought of His Passion hanging over Him 🔒
8. The Eighth Chapter. A Prayer and Offering for Sins 🔒
9. The Ninth Chapter. A Prayer to the Son for Pardon, and the grace of Self-denial 🔒
10. The Tenth Chapter. Jesus goeth to meet His Enemies 🔒
11. The Eleventh Chapter. A Prayer for perfect Self-denial and Love 🔒
12. The Twelfth Chapter. Jesus is taken and bound 🔒
13. The Thirteenth Chapter. A very humble Confession of Sins, and a Prayer to the Father for Forgiveness 🔒
14. The Fourteenth Chapter. Jesus is forsaken by His Disciples 🔒
15. The Fifteenth Chapter. Jesus is led to Annas 🔒
16. The Sixteenth Chapter. A Prayer that we may follow Christ 🔒
17. The Seventeenth Chapter. Jesus is led to Caiaphas 🔒
18. The Eighteenth Chapter. Mary followeth Jesus her Son 🔒
19. The Nineteenth Chapter. Of the Compassion of the Virgin Mother for her Son 🔒
20. The Twentieth Chapter. Jesus is delivered to Pilate 🔒
21. The Twenty-First Chapter. A Prayer that we may perfectly follow and love Jesus 🔒
22. The Twenty-Second Chapter. Jesus is led to Herod 🔒
23. The Twenty-third Chapter. Christ, after having been set at nought by Herod, is led back to Pilate 🔒
24. The Twenty-fourth Chapter. Jesus is fearfully Scourged 🔒
25. The Twenty-fifth Chapter. A devout prayer for the forgiveness of sins, and for resignation, and the love of Jesus 🔒
26. The Twenty-sixth Chapter. Jesus is crowned with thorns 🔒
27. The Twenty-seventh Chapter. A prayer for enlightenment 🔒
28. The Twenty-eighth Chapter. Christ is shown to the people by the Governor, with the words: “Behold the Man!” 🔒
29. The Twenty-ninth Chapter. The burden of the Cross is laid on Jesus 🔒
30. The Thirtieth Chapter. Mary, the Mother of Sorrows, followeth her sorrowing Son 🔒
31. The Thirty-first Chapter. A Prayer to the Father of Heaven 🔒
32. The Thirty-second Chapter. Jesus is given vinegar to drink 🔒
33. The Thirty-third Chapter. Jesus is again stripped of His garments 🔒
34. The Thirty-fourth Chapter. Jesus is fastened on the Cross 🔒
35. The Thirty-fifth Chapter. A prayer to Jesus Crucified 🔒
36. The Thirty-sixth Chapter. Jesus with the Cross is lifted up on high 🔒
37. The Thirty-seventh Chapter. Jesus was numbered with thieves 🔒
38. The Thirty-eighth Chapter. Of the glorious title of Christ’s Cross 🔒
39. The Thirty-Ninth Chapter. Jesus clotheth those who had crucified Him 🔒
40. The Fortieth Chapter. Jesus is attacked with blaspshemies 🔒
41. The Forty-first Chapter. A devout confession and prayer for sins 🔒
42. The Forty-second Chapter. To stir up the soul to praise God 🔒
43. The Forty-third Chapter. Jesus saveth the thief 🔒
44. The Forty-fourth Chapter. Jesus addresseth His sorrow-stricken Mother 🔒
45. The Forty-fifth Chapter. The Sun is darkened 🔒
46. The Forty-sixth Chapter. “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” 🔒
47. The Forty-seventh Chapter. Jesus complaineth of His thirst 🔒
48. The Forty-eighth Chapter. Jesus drinketh vinegar and gall upon the Cross 🔒
49. The Forty-ninth Chapter. “It is finished.” 🔒
50. The Fiftieth Chapter. “Father, into Thy hands I commend my Spirit.” 🔒
51. The Fifty-first Chapter. Jesus giveth up the Ghost 🔒
52. The Fifty-second Chapter. The veil of the Temple is rent in twain 🔒
53. The Fifty-third Chapter. Jesus is pierced with the lance 🔒
54. The Fifty-fourth Chapter. Jesus is taken down from the Cross 🔒
55. The Fifty-fifth Chapter. A devout Prayer for conformity to the sacred life and crucified image of Jesus Christ 🔒