{"id":2637,"date":"2007-02-26T05:43:15","date_gmt":"2007-02-26T05:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/02\/draw-me-to-thy-open-side\/"},"modified":"2007-02-26T05:43:15","modified_gmt":"2007-02-26T05:43:15","slug":"draw-me-to-thy-open-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/02\/draw-me-to-thy-open-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw Me to Thy Open Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn response to the Holy Father’s invitation to contemplate the wounded Side of Christ, I offer my own translation of a prayer “Alla Piaga Del Costato di Gesù,” To the Wound in Jesus’ Side<\/strong>, composed by the Servant of God Father Eustachio Montemurro<\/a> (1857\u20131923). The Venerable Eustachio of Jesus and Mary, a physician and a civic leader, a man of noble ideals and courageous initiatives, became a priest at forty\u2013five years of age, desiring to bringing healing to souls as well as to bodies. Shortly thereafter he founded two religious congregations: The Little Brothers of the Most Holy Sacrament and the Sisters Missionaries of the Sacred Side.
\nThe holy founder was accused of “an excess of zeal” and, for the good of the institutes he had established, chose to exile himself from his spiritual sons and daughters. With the permission of the Pope, he moved to the sanctuary of the Madonna of the Rosary of Pompei, founded by Blessed Bartolo Longo, to devote himself selflessly to the service of souls. Father Montemurro died at Pompei on January 2, 1923, loved by all, and leaving a reputation for holiness.<\/em>
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\nO painless thrust of the spear
\nforever awaited with passionate love by my Saviour
\nthat thou shouldst repair in the Father’s sight
\nthe terrible wound opened by the sin of Adam
\nin the heart of humanity!
\nO glorious wound,
\ngushing forth life, love, and peace!
\nI adore thee inexhaustible wellspring of salvation,
\nthe womb of new children
\nborn of the water and of the blood of the Bridegroom.
\nThou art for me an ever open refuge,
\nthe door giving access to the nuptial chamber,
\nthe vestibule of the banquet of the Lamb.
\nThe living water that, at every moment, springs from thee,
\ninvites me with the language of love
\nto enter, through thee, into the heart of my Saviour
\nthat therein I might take the regenerating rest of new life
\nand spread it all about me
\njust as the bride coming forth from the nuptial chamber
\nradiates among her friends the signs and the sweetnesses of love.
\nBe thou for me, then, O blessed wound,
\nmy blissful abode.
\nMay I be drawn always to thee,
\nthat in thee I may live and die.
\nIn thee may I find the splendid riches
\nwhich eye has never seen, nor ear heard,
\nnor the heart experienced.
\nI love Thee, Lord Jesus,
\nglory of my mind, joy of my eyes,
\nmelody of my ears, gladness of my heart,
\nand peace of my soul.
\nI am Thine for time and for eternity;
\nnothing shall ever separate me from Thee,
\nfor Thou hast espoused me,
\ndrawing me with bands of goodness to Thy open side
\nand pouring out of Thy heart into mine
\nthe joys of the Spirit
\nand the mercy of the Father who always hears Thee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to the Holy Father’s invitation to contemplate the wounded Side of Christ, I offer my own translation of a prayer “Alla Piaga Del Costato di Gesù,” To the Wound in Jesus’ Side, composed by the Servant of God Father Eustachio Montemurro (1857\u20131923). The Venerable Eustachio of Jesus and Mary, a physician and a <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lent-2007","category-sacred-heart-of-jesus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-Gx","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}