Whose Debt You are Paying

'Oh Jesus, 

You were led to death

like a lamb, like a sheep 

that does not open its mouth

before its shearers. 

You utter no word of complaint

to Your Father Who sent You,

nor against the men 

whose debt You are paying.'  

St. Bernard




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