The Scourging at the Pillar

This is a most unsettling scene. Jesus, the God-man, the second person of the Holy Trinity, being physically mutilated, His flesh beaten and torn, His body broken and mangled. He is beaten far past a bloody pulp, if one were to see Him that person may not even recognize that He is human. But even in His most destroyed body, He is still more perfectly human than we can ever hope to be here on the world.

The devil tempted Jesus verbally in the desert, with each temptation he tries to trick Jesus into undoing the Incarnation, but Jesus withstands, and sends Satan away. Since the devil failed in out-smarting Jesus, he is desperate and tries to undo the Incarnation his own way, by beating Jesus's humanity out of Him, and who better to help than the very people that Jesus came to save, and we do it gladly. Even though Satan succeeds in destroying Jesus's body and even though he gets us to do the dirty work, Jesus does what He did in the desert, He withstands and sends Satan away.

Lord, Jesus, we held the whip, yes Lord, the very people You came to save beat and mangled Your body, until it was not able to be recognized as human, yet You still looked upon us with love and compassion and completed Your Most Holy Work.
Again, Lord Jesus, we look at Your mangled body and we see the suffering that You have endured for us, and we, again come to You, pleading with You to stop, telling You that what You have done is enough. You look back at us and say, "No, I must go on, because you are worth it"

God Love You