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The 24 Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ The 24 Hours of the Passion Of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Luisa Piccarreta Little Daughter of the Divine Will HOURS OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST Luisa Piccarreta "The Little Daughter of the Divine Will" "…The satisfaction that blessed Jesus receives from the meditation of these Hours is so great, that He would want at least one copy of these meditations to be present and practiced in each city or town. In fact, it would happen, then, as if Jesus heard His own voice and His prayers being reproduced in those reparations, just as the ones He raised to His Father during the 24 hours of His sorrowful Passion. And if this were done in each town or city at least, by as many souls, Jesus seems to make me understand that Divine Justice would be placated in part, and in these sad times of torments and bloodshed, Its scourges would be stopped, in part, and as though dampened. I let you, reverend Father, make appeal to all; may you complete, in this way, the little work that my lovable Jesus had me do…" (from a letter of Luisa to her extraordinary Confessor, Blessed Annibale M. di Francia) TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I - Preface by Blessed Annibale • Preface, by Blessed Annibale M. di Francia .................................................................................. p. 1 • About the first editions of the Hours of the Passion and the ‘pious Author’ ................................. p. 3 • Overview of the Writings of the ‘pious Author’ of the Hours of the Passion .............................. p. 6 • Exhortation .................................................................................................................................... p. 7 • How these Hours can be done ....................................................................................................... p. 8 • Scheme of the 24 Hours of the Passion ......................................................................................... p. 9 • Value and Effects of the Hours of the Passion from a letter of Luisa and from her Writings ...... p. 10 PART II - The 24 Hours of the Passion of Our Lord • Preparation before each Hour ....................................................................................................... p. 21 • Thanksgiving after each Hour ....................................................................................................... p. 21 • First Hour (from 5 to 6 pm) Jesus takes leave of his Most Holy Mother ...................................... p. 21 • Second Hour (from 6 to 7 pm) Jesus sets out for the Cenacle ...................................................... p. 24 • Third Hour (from 7 to 8 pm) The Legal Supper ............................................................................ p. 27 • Fourth Hour (from 8 to 9 pm) The Eucharistic Supper ................................................................. p. 30 • Fifth Hour (from 9 to 10 pm) First Hour of Agony in the Garden ................................................ p. 37 • Sixth Hour (from 10 to 11 pm) Second Hour of Agony in the Garden.......................................... p. 40 • Seventh Hour (from 11 pm to midnight) Third Hour of Agony in the Garden ............................. p. 44 -i- • Eighth Hour (from midnight to 1am) Jesus is arrested .................................................................. p. 51 • Ninth Hour (from 1 to 2 am) Jesus falls into the Cedron stream .................................................. p. 54 • Tenth Hour (from 2 to 3 am) Jesus is presented to Annas ............................................................ p. 55 • Eleventh Hour (from 3 to 4 am) Jesus in the house of Caiphas .................................................... p. 57 • Twelfth Hour (from 4 to 5 am) Jesus at the mercy of the soldiers ................................................ p. 59 • Thirteenth Hour (from 5 to 6 am) Jesus in prison ......................................................................... p. 61 • Fourteenth Hour (from 6 to 7 am) Jesus before Caiphas again, condemned to death .................. p. 64 • Fifteenth Hour (from 7 to 8 am) Jesus before Pilate who sends Him to Herod ............................ p. 66 • Sixteenth Hour (from 8 to 9 am) Jesus back to Pilate, placed after Barabbas, and scourged ...... p. 68 • Seventeenth Hour (from 9 to 10 am) Crowned with thorns, “Ecce Homo”, condemned ............. p. 71 • Eighteenth Hour (from 10 to 11 am) Jesus takes up his Cross ..................................................... p. 76 • Nineteenth Hour (from 11 am to 12 pm) Jesus is crucified .......................................................... p. 82 • Twentieth Hour (from 12 to 1 pm) First Hour of Agony on the Cross ......................................... p. 90 • Twenty-first Hour (from 1 to 2 pm) Second Hour of Agony on the Cross ................................... p. 94 • Twenty-second Hour (from 2 to 3 pm) Third Hour of Agony on the Cross, death of Jesus ......... p. 98 • Twenty-third Hour (from 3 to 4 pm) Jesus, dead, pierced by the lance ...................................... p. 102 • Twenty-fourth Hour (from 4 to 5 pm) The burial of Jesus, Most Desolate Mary ....................... p. 104 PART III - Selections of Chapters About The Passion of Our Lord The Divine Passion of Jesus • Introductory note ......................................................................................................................... p. 113 • February 4, 1919 - Volume 12 .................................................................................................... p. 113 • March 18, 1919 - Volume 12 ...................................................................................................... p. 114 • March 20, 1919 - Volume 12 ...................................................................................................... p. 115 • May 8, 1919 - Volume 12 ........................................................................................................... p. 116 • June 4, 1919 - Volume 12 ........................................................................................................... p. 117 • August 19, 1922 - Volume 14 ..................................................................................................... p. 118 • February 16, 1923 - Volume 15 .................................................................................................. p. 119 • May 29, 1923 - Volume 15 ......................................................................................................... p. 120 The Sorrows and Sufferings of Mary Most Holy • October 3, 1922 - Volume 14 ...................................................................................................... p. 121 • March 23, 1923 - Volume 15 ...................................................................................................... p. 121 • April 28, 1926 - Volume 19 ........................................................................................................ p. 122 • July 11, 1926 - Volume 19 .......................................................................................................... p. 123 • August 22, 1926 - Volume 19 ..................................................................................................... p. 125 Chapters Referring to Each of the 24 Hours First Hour, from 5 to 6 pm: • October 3, 1903 - Volume 5 ........................................................................................................ p. 126 -ii- • November 28, 1920 - Volume 12 ................................................................................................ p. 127 • July 6, 1922 - Volume 14 ............................................................................................................ p. 128 Second Hour, from 6 to 7 pm: • May 9, 1913 - Volume 11 ........................................................................................................... p. 128 Third Hour, from 7 to 8 pm: • October 9, 1921 - Volume 13 ...................................................................................................... p. 129 Fourth Hour, from 8 to 9 pm: • November 4, 1926 - Volume 20 .................................................................................................. p. 130 • June 18, 1923 - Volume 15 ......................................................................................................... p. 131 • March 24, 1922 - Volume 14 ...................................................................................................... p. 132 • July 6, 1922 - Volume 14 ............................................................................................................ p. 133 • April 16, 1927 - Volume 21 ........................................................................................................ p. 133 Fifth Hour, from 9 to 10 pm: • November 25, 1909 - Volume 9 .................................................................................................. p. 134 • November 20, 1922 - Volume 14 ................................................................................................ p. 135 • October 30, 1924 - Volume 17 .................................................................................................... p. 136 Sixth Hour, from 10 to 11 pm: • July 28, 1922 - Volume 14 .......................................................................................................... p. 137 • January 4, 1924 - Volume 16 .....................................................................................................
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