The Crown of Thorns.

[Shin]

I will try to find a way.. I want to.. perhaps a link that folks can click if they want to see it too. I will see what can be done..

This sort of depiction of Christ's Passion..  For what little it's worth.. I tend to believe they should all be so..

[Patricia]

oohh  the picture of the thorny tree almost looks likes its thorns could have been used by Jesus' executioners .  Scary! 

[odhiambo]

oohh  the picture of the thorny tree almost looks likes its thorns could have been used by Jesus' executioners .  Scary! 

I agree. I understand though that Jesus Crown of Thorns was from the Jerusalem thorn. The thorns are straight, long and hard and look very similar to the ones posted here.

[Shin]

Jerusalem thorn.. A poignant name!

[The Reginator]

I've been away from these pages for some time now.  When I saw the thread title I had to give the posts a read.
The sorrowful mysteries have been very significant to me for some time now.

No matter how the crown of thorns was composed we do know that they pierced Jesus flesh (at least) and caused him to loose His Precious Blood.

Those thorns.  I know who placed those thorns was and I know what those thorns were.
WE placed those thorns there ... and those thorns are our sins. 
We gave our Lord a mocking crown of thorns which He accepted out of His Infinite Love.  When I pray the Rosary I often meditate on how my sins (of this day, week, month or life) have either been another thorn or caused the thorns to pierce our Lord ever more deeply.

Lord have mercy!!!

 

[CyrilSebastian]

                    In 1238 Baldwin II, the Latin Emperor of Constantinople, offered the Crown of Thorns to King Louis IX of France.     
                    Louis built the Sainte-Chapelle for its reception.   
                    The relic remained in Sainte-Chapelle until the French Revolution.

[odhiambo]

I've been away from these pages for some time now.  When I saw the thread title I had to give the posts a read.
The sorrowful mysteries have been very significant to me for some time now.

No matter how the crown of thorns was composed we do know that they pierced Jesus flesh (at least) and caused him to loose His Precious Blood.

Those thorns.  I know who placed those thorns was and I know what those thorns were.
WE placed those thorns there ... and those thorns are our sins. 
We gave our Lord a mocking crown of thorns which He accepted out of His Infinite Love.  When I pray the Rosary I often meditate on how my sins (of this day, week, month or life) have either been another thorn or caused the thorns to pierce our Lord ever more deeply.

Lord have mercy!!!

 

Yes, we point fingers as to who killed Our Lord, oblivious to the fact that three of those fingers are in fact pointing back at me!
I am the guilty one. The Scourgings were because I sinned. the dreaded spittles on His Face, all that are my doing. If I had been blameless, there would have been no need for Him to come down to be thus treated.
That is the stark reality. 

[Shin]

It's good to hear from you Reg.

May God help us to appreciate the Passion more!

The French Revolution did such damage and even to this day we see the ill effects.