“As human love relieves the physical pains of others, so Divine Love relieves the moral evils of others.  True love is proven not by words but by offering something to the one loved, and the greatest offering one can give is not what one has, but one’s very life.  He rose not with wounds for those would betoken a weakness after battle, but with scars, glorious medals of victory on Hands and Feet and Side.  As a little child may say to a wounded or scarred soldier: ‘how did that happen?’ so Our Lord shows us his scars, that by our childish questioning, He might tell us: ‘I did this all for you!’  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Lenten & Easter Inspirations)