Walking With Jesus- Daily Divine Will Calendar From The Writings Of Servant Of God Luisa Piccarreta
October 12, 1903
Meanings of the crowning of thorns. Volume 5
And Jesus: “My daughter, this crowning of thorns contains many meanings, and as much as I may
speak, there is always much left to be said. In fact, the reason why my head wanted to be honored by having,
not a general share, but its distinct and special portion of suffering, and its own shedding of blood, almost
competing with the body – is almost incomprehensible to the created mind. The reason is that it is the head that
unites the whole body and all of the soul, in such a way that, without the head, the body is nothing; so much so,
that one can live without the other members, but it is impossible to live without the head, because it is the
essential part of the whole of man. In fact, if the body sins or does good, it is the head that directs it, since the
body is nothing other than an instrument. Therefore, since my head was to give back regime and dominion to
men, and earn for them that new heavens of graces and new worlds of truths might enter the human minds,
rejecting the new hells of sins because of which men reach the point of rendering themselves vile slaves of vile
passions; wanting to crown the whole human family with glory, with honor and with decorum, I wanted to
crown and honor my Humanity first, though with a most painful crown of thorns, symbol of the immortal crown
which I was giving back to creatures, taken away from sin.
In addition, the crown of thorns means that there is no glory and honor without thorns; that there can
never be dominion over passions and acquisition of virtues without feeling oneself being pricked deep in one’s
flesh and spirit, and that true reigning is in mastering oneself by the pricks of mortification and of sacrifice.
Moreover, these thorns signified that I am the true and only King, and only one who constitutes Me
King of her heart enjoys peace and happiness, and I constitute her queen of my own Kingdom. So, all those
rivulets of blood which poured from my head were many little streams which bound the human intelligence to
the knowledge of my sovereignty over them.”
Scripture Meditation- 17 And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on him. (Mark 15:17).
Prayer Reflection- O Lord we love You, we bless You, and we adore You because You reveal the meanings behind the crowning with thorns, an act that is hard to think about except to repair it with our love and gratitude. The first reason was to “give back regime and dominion to
men, and earn for them that new heavens of graces and new worlds of truths might enter the human minds,
rejecting the new hells of sins because of which men reach the point of rendering themselves vile slaves of vile
passions”. To renew our minds as we put on Your Mind to direct our thoughts (Romans 12, Colossians 3, Proverbs 3). The second reason is “In addition, the crown of thorns means that there is no glory and honor without thorns; that there can
never be dominion over passions and acquisition of virtues without feeling oneself being pricked deep in one’s
flesh and spirit, and that true reigning is in mastering oneself by the pricks of mortification and of sacrifice.” Before You can fully reign in us we must ask for the grace to know and master ourselves, to be purged of all that is not of You!. And finally, “Moreover, these thorns signified that I am the true and only King, and only one who constitutes Me
King of her heart enjoys peace and happiness, and I constitute her queen of my own Kingdom. ” You are our King, the only One who deserves all of our love and worship!. O Lord we love You, we thank You and we adore You because there is nothing that You haven’t given to us, Your children, so that Your Kingdom would reign in us for Your Glory and the good of all! Fiat!
