LUMEN VIAE

A kind person in the face of pain seeks to relieve the sufferings of his friend; so does moral kindness in the face of evil take on the punishment which evil deserves. Our Lord, though guilty of no sin, permitted Himself to feel the inner effects of sin: sadness, fear, and a sense of loneliness. He permits His head to feel blasphemies as if His lips had pronounced them; His hands to feel the sins of theft as if He had stolen. Sin is in the blood. If sin is in the blood, to atone for it, blood must be poured out. Our Lord never intended that any other blood than His own should be shed in expiation for sins. "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." Evil has its hour—but God has His day.