Episode 83 -- Spiritual Combat c52.1 -- Four Benefits from Meditating on Passion

What benefits are there from meditating on Christ’s Cross? Would it be better to just think of the Holy Trinity in heaven? We begin the final chapter on prayer as a spiritual weapon in this episode. We will be reading about the benefits of pondering over Christ’s Passion. Remember: the humanity of Christ, and especially his Passion, is our path into the inner life of God. God’s Son revealed the inner life of God through his life and death.  In the previous episode we pondered the various considerations that help us to feel compassion for Christ’s sufferings.