I received no particular vision. But at dawn, as I said the Rosary, with the Sorrowful Mysteries, since it is Tuesday Jesus again explained to me his sufferings in the first four mysteries. And all the torture of Gethsemane, the scourging - always atrocious, and, I would say, more and more atrocious, the more it is viewed - and the crowning with thorns passed before me, making me suffer from Jesus’ sufferings.
In the Fourth Mystery I saw only a staggering Jesus going up a narrow, badly paved lane leading towards the Gate of Judgment, one of the frequent sloping areas in Jerusalem. And there were two rudimentary steps here to surmount an excessively steep rise. To get over this - for Jesus, who was exhausted and burdened with the long, heavy cross - was a great effort. He was sweating and panting and seemed close to falling. I then saw nothing else.2
1 This entry is preceded by the one for January 1, 1945, with the episode concerning “Jesus, Accompanied by Judas Iscariot, Preaching in the Temple,” found in The First Year of the Public Life.
2 This entry is followed by a series of episodes found in The First Year of the Public Life.