Can You Suffer with Me?

The Sorrowful Mysteries of Rosary is piercing our hearts reflecting the pain and suffering that our dear Jesus underwent during the last hours of overflowing love of God for us.

The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane- the first mystery,

        Jesus prays, "My soul is sorrowful unto death."Jesus sees the sins of all mankind, whose guilt He has taken upon Himself.He sees the wrath of the Father which His sufferings must appease.So great is his anguish that His sweat becomes as drops of blood falling to the ground.An angel appears to Him from heaven to strengthen Him."Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet, not My will but Yours be done."Finding the disciples asleep: "Could you not watch one hour with me?"

While chanting this mystery, Jesus asked a question, "Can you Suffer with Me,Could you not watch one hour with me ?"

Thinking deeply about the question, we realize it is hard for us to say a full proof yes. Jesus invites us to His sufferings. Are we ready to suffer for Him? or to stay with Him.When we think of sufferings, most of us are scared of the consequences. The pains that it can bring, the loss that it can cause , it is thought to squeeze us of our life. We doubt our submission for the invitation of Jesus. Why cannot we give us for Jesus to take part in His sufferings?

As we stand by thinking this, Jesus speaks to us saying that, you cant join me in my sufferings because you love yourself more than anything. The love of our self is dominating in our hearts that we cannot afford the pains upon our life. Our heart is full of our love towards our life and comforts. We can give Jesus a compromising submission, that will not bother our life much. Is this the right kind of dedication to our Lord?

When our mind sways in confusion, Jesus clears it off by asking a question, 'What if I would have thought like you during My time in this world?" This question opens our spirit.  The after effect of Jesus's question would have been terrible. We will all die in our sins without a hope in everlasting life and a home in heaven.

But let us reflect in our mind what Jesus did. Jesus never did anything in favour of Him to save Him, but everything He did was for us for our salvation;

"Though he was in the form of God, he did not consider being equal with God something to exploit.
But he emptied himself by taking the form of a slave and by becoming like human beings.
When he found himself in the form of a human,he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,even death on a cross"-Philippians 2:6-8

But we are not able to do this, because we are selfish in ourselves. We are not able to submit our selfish love to God and cleanse ourselves to fill our hearts in Gods love. It is during this replacement of our love with Gods love, that help us to submit ourselves to suffer for Christ and also to sacrifice for our fellow beings. Jesus says, as long as you love yourself and your possessions of the world ,you cannot love me perfectly and sincerely nor can suffer for me. For this to begin, we must abandon our selfish love and fill us with Lords love. Let us not compromise anything for His everlasting love.

Let us think deep in our heart to find the sincere perfect love to our God. Even if this sincere love is so tiny as the mustard seed or even if it is not at all there, let us submit our state of love to our Father and Jesus, He will transform this love and increase it magnanimously. What ever we have let us submit unto Him.

Prayer

Lord God, thank you for giving us the realization of the nature of our love and the eternity of Your love. Help us to remove our selfish love from our heart and clean it to fill it with your love. Let our hearts fill and overflow with Your love oh God so that we love you with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind, and with all our strength,suffer for You and love our neighbor as ourselves. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen

Reading 
Mark 12:28-34
Romans 5:6-9
1John 4:9-11