Christ Crowned with Thorns
by Matthias Stom (1615 - 1649).
Current location: Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California, United States.
Accession Number: M.1977.25.P
Source/Photographer: Norton Simon Museum Website (www.nortonsimon.org)
The Roman Catholic tradition includes specific prayers and devotions as acts of reparation for the sufferings and insults that Jesus endured during His Passion. These Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ do not involve a petition for a living or deceased beneficiary, but aim to repair the sins against Jesus. Some such prayers are provided in the Raccolta Catholic prayer book (approved by a Decree of 1854, and published by the Holy See in 1898) which also includes prayers as Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary.
In his encyclical, Miserentissimus Redemptor, on reparations, Pope Pius XI called Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ a duty for Catholics and referred to them as "some sort of compensation to be rendered for the injury" with respect to the sufferings of Jesus.
Pope John Paul II referred to Acts of Reparation as the "unceasing effort to stand beside the endless Crosses on which the Son of God continues to be crucified".
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND ON THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY BLOG.
Vigil of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary on Friday, 5 October, at St. Peter Church in Hartford, Connecticut.
The Vigil begins with the Traditional Latin Mass (Low Mass) of the Sacred Heart at 7:00 p.m., followed by Rosary, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, and Benediction, closing with the Traditional Latin Mass (Low Mass) of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at 12:00 Midnight.
