209 part i: sunday meditations for the entire year Therefore, resist this enemy, expel this evil from the threshold of your mind, and keep your heart pure for the purest Lord, both today and throughout the entire course of your life. 3. “See [M]y hands and [M]y feet” (Lk 24:39). As a commander is recognized by his insignia and a king by his diadem, so Christ our heavenly King wants to be recognized by His Most Sacred Stigmata. “See,” He says, “[M]y hands and feet.” It is as if He were saying: If you fear to be deceived, turn your attention to My pierced hands and feet. If you doubt that I am your true Commander, behold My insignia, the five wounds. Just as you contemplated Me on the Cross on Good Friday, so here I appear to you: Recognize your Lord, welcome Him, and rejoice in His presence. But, oh my soul, if [f.46r] you want to be considered as one of the soldiers of the army of this wounded Commander, you should desire the same things and have similar wounds, though not such as St. Francis received.82 Which ones then? Love, patience, forgetting injuries, bearing hardships, and carrying your cross until death. SUNDAY “IN ALBIS”83 Before Holy Communion 1. “gathered together, for fear of the Jews” (Jn 20:19) [DRB]. Consider what great thanks you should give to the Lord, because He Himself suffered unheard of torments for your sake, and He wanted His beloved disciples to endure them. They were 82 Cf. Gaetano Stano, ECat, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, Città del Vaticano 1953, col. 1343f. (s.v. Stimmate). 83 Cf. The Roman Catholic Daily Missal: 1962, Angelus Press, Kansas City 2004, p. 626. This Sunday was called Dominica in albis (deponendis) (“Sunday (of putting aside) the white robes”) because it was on this day that the newly baptized first laid aside their white baptismal garments, which they had been wearing since their baptism on Holy Saturday. It was also known as “Low Sunday.” In the Novus Ordo this particular Sunday is known as the “Second Sunday of Easter” or “Divine Mercy Sunday.”
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