The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ

Alphonsus Liguori

• Publisher: TAN Books
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781505133578
• Topic: Theology & Religion

Saint Alphonsus Liguori, the Prince of Moral Theologians, asks, ;from what source did the saints draw courage and strength to suffer torments, martyrdom, and death, if not from the sufferings of Jesus crucified?; His answer: the passion and death of Jesus Christ.

In The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ, St. Alphonsus asks the most important questions Catholics can ask themselves in prayer, especially when we encounter suffering. Who can ever complain that he suffers wrongly when he considers Jesus, who was bruised for our sins? Who could love any other object besides Jesus when they see Him dying in the midst of so many sufferings and insults, in order to captivate our love? Who can refuse to obey, on account of some inconvenience, when Jesus became obedient unto death?

Saint Alphonsus provides profound and rich reflections, affections, discourses, and meditations on the events surrounding Our Lords passion and death. He brings these to the everyday struggles and sufferings of even the modern reader. As Catholics, we strive to see the world the way that God sees the world. He makes real the events surrounding the ultimate event that brought about our eternal salvation. Saint Alphonsus states, ;All the saints cherished a tender devotion towards Jesus Christ in his Passion; this is the only means by which they sanctified themselves.; If we want to be saints, we must embrace the cross, and we can understand better what this means through the guidance and wisdom in this book.

Table of contents

• The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ
• Copyright
• Contents
• Publisher’s Note
• Invocation of Jesus and Mary
• To the Reader
• Introduction How Useful It Is to Meditate on the Passion of Jesus Christ
• Part I Reflections and Affections on the Passion of Jesus Christ
• Chapter 1 The Love of Jesus Christ in Being Willing to Satisfy the Divine Justice for Our Sins
• Chapter 2 Jesus Chose to Suffer So Much for Us in Order That We May Understand the Great Love He Has for Us
• Chapter 3 Jesus, for Love of Us, Chose to Suffer the Pains of His Passion Even From the Beginning of His Life
• Chapter 4 The Great Desire Which Jesus Had to Suffer and to Die for Love of Us
• Chapter 5 The Love of Jesus in Leaving Himself for Our Food Before His Death
• Chapter 6 The Bloody Sweat and Agony Suffered by Jesus in the Garden
• Chapter 7 The Love of Jesus in Suffering So Much Contempt in His Passion
• Chapter 8 The Scourging of Jesus Christ
• Chapter 9 The Crowning With Thorns
• Chapter 10 “Ecce Homo”— “Behold the Man.”
• Chapter 11 The Condemnation of Jesus Christ and His Journey to Calvary
• Chapter 12 The Crucifixion of Jesus
• Chapter 13 The Last Words of Jesus Upon His Cross, and His Death
• Chapter 14 The Hope Which We Have in the Death of Jesus Christ
• Chapter 15 The Love of the Eternal Father in Having Given Us His Son
• Chapter 16 The Love of the Son of God in Having Willed to Die for Us
• Part II Simple Exposition of the Circumstances of the Passion of Jesus Christ
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Jesus Enters Jerusalem
• Chapter 2 The Council of the Jews and the Treachery of Judas
• Chapter 3 The Last Supper of Jesus With His Disciples and the Washing of the Feet
• Chapter 4 The Institution of the Most Holy Sacrament
• Chapter 5 Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Olives
• Chapter 6 Jesus Is Taken and Bound. The Flight of the Disciples.
• Chapter 7 Jesus Is Presented to the High Priests, and Is Condemned by Them to Death
• Chapter 8 Jesus Is Brought Before Pilate, Afterwards Before Herod. Barabbas Is Preferred to Him.
• Chapter 9 Jesus Is Scourged at the Pillar
• Chapter 10 Jesus Is Crowned With Thorns and Treated as a Mock King
• Chapter 11 Pilate Shows Jesus to the People, Saying, “Behold the Man!”
• Chapter 12 Jesus Is Condemned by Pilate
• Chapter 13 Jesus Carries the Cross to Calvary
• Chapter 14 Jesus Is Crucified
• Chapter 15 Words That Jesus Spoke on the Cross
• Chapter 16 Death of Jesus
• Part III Considerations on the Passion of Jesus Christ566
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 The Passion of Jesus Christ in General
• Chapter 2 The Separate Sufferings That Jesus Christ Endured at His Death
• Chapter 3 The Scourging, the Crowning With Thorns, and the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
• Chapter 4 The Insults Offered to Jesus Christ While He Was Hanging Upon the Cross
• Chapter 5 The Seven Words Spoken by Jesus Christ on the Cross
• Chapter 6 The Death of Jesus Christ
• Chapter 7 The Prodigies Which Happened at the Death of Christ
• Chapter 8 The Love Shown to Us by Jesus Christ in His Passion
• Chapter 9 The Gratitude That We Owe to Jesus Christ for His Passion
• Chapter 10 We Must Place All Our Hopes in the Merits of Jesus Christ
• Chapter 11 The Patience That We Must Exercise in Company With Jesus Christ in Order to Obtain Eternal Salvation
• Part IV Meditations
• Chapter 1 Meditations on the Passion of Jesus Christ for Each Day of the Week
• Chapter 2 Eight Meditations Drawn From the Considerations on the Passion of Jesus Christ1183
• Chapter 3 Fifteen Meditations on the Passion of Jesus Christ
• Chapter 4 Three Meditations on Paradise for the Easter Festival
• Part V Spiritual Exercises on the Passion of Jesus Christ
• The Clock of the Passion
• Gradus Passionis D. N. Jesu Christi
• Little Chaplet of the Five Wounds of Jesus Crucified
• Prayer to Jesus Crucified, to Be Said Every Day to Obtain His Holy Love
• Prayers to Jesus by the Merit of Each Particular Pain Which He Suffered in His Passion
• Way of the Cross
• Manner of Practising the Exercise of the Way of the Cross
• Hymns
• Cantata on the Passion
• Endnotes