Son of the eternal Father,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
true King of the universe!
What did you leave behind in the world?
What could your inheritors receive from you?
What did you possess, my God,
other than pain, sorrow and dishonour,
so that at the end
your only help lay
in the trunk of a tree
as you drank the bitter cup of death?
And so, my God,
if we truly seek to be your children by adoption
and not renounce your inheritance,
we must not flee from suffering.
The sign of your family
is your five wounds.
St Teresa av Avila
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