The Cup of Christ

In this small booklet, Saint Ignatii offers beautifully written encouragement to those facing difficult circumstances. Excerpt: The Cup of Christ is suffering. To those who drink from it on earth, the Cup of Christ grants participation in Christ’s Kingdom of grace; it prepares for them the thrones of eternal glory in heaven. Entrust your heart in simplicity to Him by Whom all the hairs of your head are numbered: He knows the measure of the healing Cup that you should be given. Look often on Jesus standing before those who put Him to death — He was as the lamb dumb before his shearers; He was delivered to death, to be slain as a defenceless sheep. Do not take your eyes from Him, and your suffering will be transformed into heavenly spiritual sweetness; the wounds of your heart are healed with the wounds of Jesus.