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164 Virgin, of the Church Militant and Triumphant, in these results.

To excite in yourself a hatred for your own sins, bring the points of meditation to bear upon yourself, by regarding the Passion of the Saviour as endured for no other end than to inspire you with hatred for your evil inclinations, and especially for the one which most of all has dominion over you, and which is most displeasing to the Divine Goodness.

To move you to wonder, consider what greater marvel could there be than to behold the Creator of the universe, Who imparts life to all, persecuted to death by His own creatures: to see Supreme Majesty trampled upon and despised; to behold Justice condemned; to see Divine Beauty spit upon; the Love of the Heavenly Father hated; the inner and unapproachable Light brought under the power of darkness; Essential Blessedness and Glory reckoned as the dishonour and disgrace of the human race, and overwhelmed in abject misery.

To stir in yourself the feeling of compassion for your Suffering Lord, besides meditating on the pains of His Body, strive to enter into those incomparably greater sufferings which He endured in His Soul. For if you are capable of being touched by the former, it will be wonderful if your heart is not broken by the thought of the latter.