CXVIIII. Passioiiibus suis Christus peccata etiam poenilentium ad se traxit.

CXVIIII. Passioiiibus suis Christus peccata etiam poenilentium ad se traxit.

For in contrast to the fact that a person could sin, the same Son of God experienced softness in childhood, and in opposition to the desires of the flesh, He endured fatigue in His youth; and against the gluttony of greed in humanity, He accepted hunger; and in response to the sins committed by the unjust, He was surrounded by sorrow; and against the tyranny of the wicked, He was called out with many insults; and against the evils of murder, He suffered on the cross; and in relation to the grave sins of death, in which people were buried, He died on the cross to rescue them from death. For in all these sufferings, He drew all the sins of those who repent and of those who do not deny Him to Himself. For this reason, he himself is called the angel of great counsel, because in all these things he is just and clear. A murderer is required to repent through the wounds of Christ. But since all sins are dangerous and evil, murder is nonetheless the worst of all evils, where a person does not bring their heart back to itself, knowing that God is to be feared, since that work which is made in His image is destroyed. Therefore, the one who is so blinded that he postpones God in this dangerous act is required to seek repentance through the pierced and wounded wounds of Christ, who alone endured the agony of the blessed Passion, so that he might redeem the lost and fallen man, where he had no need of another man's help. These things have been said about the souls of the penitent, to be purified and saved, and they are faithful; let the faithful attend to these and keep them in the memory of good knowledge. I also saw other evil spirits from the same crowd, who were applauding each other with deceitful gestures, shouting, 'Lucifer is our Lord.' And what good is it to us if someone else is stronger than he? We will have this Lord; through Him we will do whatever we want. And these people encourage foolish vanity, and they persuade others to disregard established justice.