Virtues Gained Through Meditation on the Passion

• Love: when we see how wonderful Jesus is.
• Gratitude: when we see how greatly we are loved.
• Humility: when we see how our virtue pales in comparison with His.
• Contrition: when we realize what we did to Him.
• Compassion: when we see how greatly He suffers and longs for more Veronicas.
• Self-discipline: when we persevere in meditation.
• True self-esteem: when we realize that to Jesus (whose opinion matters most), we are worth His very life.
• Selflessness: when we see how small our sufferings are compared with His.
• Courage to embrace our cross: when we realize we’re not alone and given but a small load to bear.
• Patience: when we see how Jesus bore such outrages in perfect peace.

This post is dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria.