UNDERGRADUATE

What did Jesus Christ thirst for on the Cross? He thirsted
for nothing else but the salvation of souls. His cry of thirst
was the second to last thing He said before expiring,
saying, “It is finished.” 29 These are the words of victory.
Jesus triumphed over death and fulfilled all of the prophecies'
promises in these last three words. He opened the gates of
heaven for the salvation of souls. Though his earthly work
was now finished, the new mission had just begun.
His Church was established as The Body of Christ and
he chose a select group of apostles to be sent to bring
salvation to the world in the name and spirit of Jesus
Christ. Large communities of Christians formed into
armies of valiant men and women who fought for the
kingdom of God. Within these communities arose a
diverse multitude of heroic souls. These souls journeyed
through life enduring the hardest of sufferings, being
martyred for Jesus Christ and the spread of His Kingdom
throughout the whole world.
Among these heroic souls was that of the Blessed Mother
Teresa. Mother Teresa had one mission: to satiate the
thirst of Jesus Christ on the Cross for the salvation of
souls. Her call was a call from God and she suffered a
great interior darkness in the task of satiating Christ’s
unquenchable thirst.
Jesus Christ looks upon every single one us on the Cross
telling us: “I thirst…for your love and for other’s love, for
your soul and the salvation of all souls.” In the reciprocity
of love we ought to respond, “Lord, I thirst…for you, for
your love, for salvation and for the salvation of every soul
around me.” Let us satiate the thirst of Jesus Christ for
love and for souls.
29 John 19:13.
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