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on the stone ground, he looks at you with love and determination. This is my blood poured out for you. And I experienced Jesus as well, saying, no one takes my life from me. I lay it down freely, like for you. I freely choose to endure this for you. So much does he love us. So much does he long for us. So much does he long to save us. He freely endures this for you. I'm going to invite you to continue to remain here because how much do we go searching for a sign of our worth out there, when our true worth we can be found in here. Like, look at what Jesus does for you. Because he thinks you are good, because he wants to be with you, because of his love for you. Have our time of lectio again. Then he released for them Barabbas. And having scourged Jesus delivered him to be crucified. I'll invite you back into the scene for ongoing meditatio. Perhaps at this point Jesus has been beaten so severely that he falls to the ground. But then he fights to look up again to find your eyes, almost seeking to comfort you. No one takes my life from me. I lay it down freely. This is my body given for you. This is my blood poured out for you. Behold the heart of God. Behold the heart of Jesus. Behold his heart for you. And again Alexio. Then he released for them Barabbas. And having scourged Jesus delivered him to be crucified. Behold Jesus as he continues to be scourged, perhaps even now falling all the way to the ground, struggling to lift himself up to see you again. It's for love of you that he does this. And he wants you to receive the gift of his love for you. So behold, behold the heart of Jesus for you. We'll transition to our time here of Orazio, following the template. Receive, respond, request, rejoice, receive. What is the good news? Behold the heart of Jesus.

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Behold the heart of God.

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The one who gives everything for you. Behold the cost of our salvation. But also, again, remember the truth. No one takes Jesus life. No one does this to him, but he gives it freely. And what's the response? We begin by adoration and praise of God and his goodness and Jesus and his goodness. Jesus, we just adore you for your love, for the ways in which you've persevered in fighting for us, For loving us even to the point of being scourged for us. We adore your goodness, Lord. We see your goodness. Adore your goodness. And now what's our invitation? I'm going to invite us to really ask, to receive here, to behold Jesus scourged like the sign of our worth. Jesus, may we repent from trying to prove our worth, to find our worth, to establish our worth somewhere apart from you. When we have these experiences of self doubt, self accusation, disappointment in the particularities of who we are, of our situation in life, may we come here and behold you, Jesus. You scourged for us out of love

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for us,

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moved by the goodness that you see in us. May we remember what it means to be purchased by the blood of the Lamb and request. All right, Jesus, we just ask for

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the grace of prayer, fidelity to prayer.

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Because again, it's so easy to get distracted. It's so easy to forget who we are and whose we are. And to be honest, Lord, like, sometimes it's difficult to come here and to receive this grace. It's a difficult grace to receive. It's a heavy grace to receive. May your Holy Spirit give us the strength to remain here, to remain here with Mary, to receive the gift offered in you. The Lamb of God scourged for our sins. And now we end with a time of rejoicing. We just thank you, Jesus, for your love for us. We thank you for the free gift you make for us, even though it costs you everything. We thank you for this time of prayer and we thank you for the Holy Gospels which communicate your word and your life to us. Now let us conclude our flexo divina with our contemplatio or contemplation, by praying one decade of the rosary. And I'm gonna invite you in particular, if you're able to keep in your imagination the scene of Jesus crucified, his eyes looking at you with love, with encouragement, asking you to receive this gift like, this is my body given for you. This is my blood poured out for you. No one takes my life from me. I lay it down freely for you, for you, for you. And behold the heart Of Jesus for you.

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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with the blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with the blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with the blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with the blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with the blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with the blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with the blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with the blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with the blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with the blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

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Amen. All right, friends, well, that's going to conclude our time of lecture divina here today. So certainly encourage you, if you've been moved in prayer, to continue in prayer with our Lord in the silence of your own heart. But thank you for joining me and praying with me today, and I look forward to continuing this journey again with you tomorrow. Poco, Poco.

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All right.

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God bless y'. All.