The Clock of the Passion

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The Clock of the Passion

Summary listing from the work The Clock of the Passion, or the Affectionate Reflexions on the Sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ,

by the blessed Bishop Saint Alphonsus Marie de Liguori

THURSDAY

Hour 1 - 6:00 p.m. Jesus says good-bye to His Mother before the Supper.

Hour 2 - 7:00 p.m. Jesus washes the feet of His Disciples, and institutes the Most Holy Sacrament.

Hour 3 - 8:00 p.m. Jesus gives the Sermon of the Supper, and goes to the Garden of Olives.

Hour 4 - 9:00 p.m. Jesus prays at the Garden.

Hour 5 - 10:00 p.m. Jesus enters into His agony.

Hour 6 - 11:00 p.m. Jesus sweats blood in His agony.

Hour 7 - MIDNIGHT. Jesus is handed over by Judas, and bound.


FRIDAY

Hour 8 - 1:00 a.m. Jesus is led to the house of Annas.

Hour 9 - 2:00 a.m. Jesus is taken to the house of Caiphas, and slapped.

Hour 10 - 3:00 a.m. Jesus is blindfolded, mistreated and mocked.

Hour 11 - 4:00 a.m. Jesus is dragged before the Great Council, and is judged worthy of death.

Hour 12 - 5:00 a.m. Jesus is taken to Pilate, and accused.

Hour 13 - 6:00 a.m. Jesus is mocked and ridiculed by Herod.

Hour 14 - 7:00 a.m. Jesus is returned to Pilate, and Barabbas is preferred over Him.

Hour 15 - 8:00 a.m. Jesus is cruelly scourged at the pillar.

Hour 16 - 9:00 a.m. Jesus is crowned with thorns, and presented to the people.

Hour 17 - 10:00 a.m. Pilate condemns Jesus to death, and begins His walk to Calvary.

Hour 18 - 11:00 a.m. Jesus is stripped naked and his Crucifixion is commenced.

Hour 19 - MIDDAY. Jesus is now Crucified, and pleads for those who have Crucified Him.

Hour 20 - 1:00 p.m. Jesus commends His Spirit to the Father.

Hour 21 - 2:00 p.m. Jesus undergoes His last hour of agony.

Hour 22 - 3:00 p.m. Jesus dies [offer a moment of silence now], and is then pierced with the lance.

Hour 23 - 4:00 p.m. Jesus is lowered from the Cross, and delivered to His Mother.

Hour 24 - 5:00 p.m. Jesus is buried, and left in the Holy Sepulchre.


Translated from the Italian by Abate J. Gaume, Barcelona, Spain, 3rd corrected edition, 1859 (pg 279-280) and translated from the Spanish by Jan Paul von Wendt - cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx