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 Mystical Death
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The Mysticism of the Passion
in St. Paul of the Cross
by Martin Bialas, CP
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"Seventeen ...I will have no compassion on myself.  In this way I will become a penitent person who wants to gain heaven by means of violence.  I  will  spend  myself indefatigably for the glory of God and for our holy religion.  In order to relieve the difficulties of others, I will offer myself  to do what I can and give myself completely to my work.  I will let my companion supervise while I will be there only to work, to serve, to humble myself, and to be commanded as if I were the lowliest in the monastery.  In this I will imitate (I admit it with all my heart) the great Magdalen of Pazzi, that noble and delicate young woman but a great and humble penitent who used to say, “I want to be the rag of the monastery.”  My God, I will do this and more with the help of your grace.  But if you withdraw from me, I will do more evil than the good I now resolve to do.  In order that this may not happen to my disgrace, which I fear very much, I will put all my trust in you.  I will try to remain always united to you.  I will fear being separated from you even for a moment because just one single moment apart from you may cause me to lose you.  If I lose you, I lose everything.

In this way and with these holy sentiments, I want to enter into a spiritual agony so as to destroy all my self-love, inclinations, passions, and desires.  I want to die on the cross with that holy death of Jesus which souls enamored of their Spouse experience on Calvary.  They die by a more painful death than that of the body in order to rise again with Jesus who is triumphant in heaven...." Continue...

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