IF ONLY If only I could stretch forth my arms to embrace you If only I could whisper healing within the walls

of your bleeding heart If only my eyes could be opened to the tears that you have been crying in the silence of your imprisoned soul If only I could shine with my smiles the darkness of your stillness If only, through a word, I could create rainbows of oy that would break down the veil of your pain If only, by !y "resence, I could sooth the afflictions that you have been suffering alone If only and only if, you could open your arms to receive the Love I have for you If only and only if, you could receive the healing that is in each of my #ords of Life If only and only if through the warmth of my eyes you could break down the walls of your despair and look upon me for $ope, for %helter and for "rotection& If only and only if the 'adiance of my %pirit could set you in a living motion If only and only if, you would speak back to me the Light that shines within your mended heart If only and only if, by your friendly presence, you could share with !e the oys and dreams that burst inside of you like Living %treams of #ater& !aybe then you could see the nails upon my hands and feet, given to you out of !y (ompassion !aybe then you could know the pain of my )eaten and torn )ody that I have given so that you could Live !aybe then you could feel my undying #ords of Forgiveness that I relentlessly have been speaking to you& !aybe then you will come to feel the anguish and the affliction that I went through as I silently died for you !aybe then will you learn to carry your cross, believing that I bore the (ross of your %alvation and Freedom !aybe then will you come to reali*e that the )lood I have shed were tears of !ercy and +race that flowed from me to you& ,hen and only then would your eyes be opened to the understanding of my Love for you ,hen and only then, will the re ection and hate that I went through become -cceptance and (ommunion with !e& ,hen and only then will you $ear my #ords calling you forever saying, .+ive to others as I have given to you/& ,hen and only then will your pain and suffering become nailed to the (ross of !y )urial ,hen and only then will my )lood heal and mend your heart and soul setting you Free from bondage ,hen and only then will my Life have a New !eaning as I Live in you and you, in !e Finally, you will hear the ,ruth of my #ords be written with )lood drops in the tablets of your hearts& Finally, you will see that !y %tripes and my (rown of ,horns were given so that you could become a (hild of the 0ing, re ected by men, but adopted as a son by Our Father in $eaven& Finally, you could learn to live this daily death, and re oice in your upcoming Life for 1ternity

Finally, you would look without seeing, but through Faith receiving the oyful tears of my prayers that fall upon you daily Finally, you could approach me as a friend, for I am a (lose Friend to the broken hearted and the lonely Finally, you could take my hand with (onfidence, Forever 'eceiving from my )ody and from my )lood, the Life and the (leansing that ustifies you as my 'edeemed& 2ltimately, you would learn from the Fountain of my Living #aters, my #ords, and of my Life, my )eloved sheep& 2ltimately, !y +lorious -scension to $eaven will shine upon your soul as from my Life, you )reathe 2ltimately, Your spirit will attest of the ,ruth that I am the same, from 1nd to the )eginning from the )eginning until the 1nd, (alling you from the darkness to follow !e from #ithin& Loving you, (aring for you, "rotecting you, +uiding you, (ounselling you, (omforting you, and Forever )urning with Love for you& %hedding humbly each )lood drop as you are #ashed (lean #eeping with you, as you painfully crucify your life, from without, to %hine of my Life, from #ithin& Loving you with a Never3ending Love that is (rimson 'ed Following you as you (all out and %eek !e out of your daily sufferings, oys and victories Never letting go of the Friendship I have for you, praying unceasingly that you will remain with me, in !e, as I will also -bide in you& -nd sharing the oys of your soul, as you )loom to the Life of !y %pirit #ith Love , to you, my "'1(IO2% '1411!14& Your Lord and %aviour 5esus (hrist&