St. Francis de Sales’ sermon for the Passion continues:
“O God, how spiritually beneficial and profitable is a consideration of your Cross and Passion! Can we contemplate Our Savior’s humility without becoming humble and having some affection for humiliations? Can we see His obedience without becoming obedient? Certainly not! No one has ever looked upon Our Lord crucified and remained dead or sick.
St Francis de Sales, Good Friday sermon, 1622