#sacred head

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“Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who is he that struck Thee?” - Matthew 26, 68

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The crown of thorns which was believed to have been worn by Jesus Christ and which was bought by King Louis IX in 1239

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"Make Thy Face to shine upon Thy servant; save me in Thy mercy."

- Psalms 30:17

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Egredímini et vidéte, fíliæ Sion, regem Salamónem in diadémate, quo coronávit   eum mater sua, parans crucem Salvatóri suo.

Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and see king Solomon in the diadem wherewith his mother crowned him, making ready a cross for her Saviour.

- Canticles 3.11

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St. Mechtilde on the Tears of Our Lord

We are never told in the Gospels that Jesus smiled, but we often hear that He wept. He wept at the grave of Lazarus, an image of a soul dead in sin; and He wept over Jerusalem, the ungrateful and hardened city; and at other times tears fell from the eyes of our divine Master. Why did these tears flow, and what became of them?

Let us listen to Jesus: On earth, whenever I thought of My ineffable union with the Eternal Father by which I am One with Him, My humanity could not refrain from weeping. Also every time I thought of the immense love which had drawn Me from the Father's bosom to unite Me with human nature, My humanity was fain to weep. Then Mechtilde asked: And where are those tears which love made Thee shed? He answered : They are in a special place in My Heart, they are a loved treasure, guarded in a chosen, secret place.

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“And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon His Head.”

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Our Lord of the Health Fernando Aguado Jerez de la Frontera, Spain