Pastor Latt
HISTORY: At this station, Roman soldiers beat Jesus and crowned him with a crown of thorns and started carry the heavy cross on his back. Jesus is made to carry the cross on which he will die. It represents the weight of all our crosses. What he must have felt as he first took it upon his shoulders! With each step he enters more deeply into our human experience. He walks in the path of human misery and suffering, and experiences its crushing weight.
Via Dolorosa - Second Station- Here Jesus carries his cross
HISTORY: At this station, Roman soldiers beat Jesus and crowned him with a crown of thorns and started carry the heavy cross on his back. Jesus is made to carry the cross on which he will die. It represents the weight of all our crosses. What he must have felt as he first took it upon his shoulders! With each step he enters more deeply into our human experience. He walks in the path of human misery and suffering, and experiences its crushing weight.GOD’S WORD: "So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha)." (John 19:17)
"And anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me." (Matthew 10:39)
MEDITATION: I contemplate the wood of that cross. I imagine how heavy it is. I reflect upon all it means that Jesus is carrying it. I look into his eyes. It's all there. This is for me. So I place myself with him in this journey. In its anguish, In his freedom and surrender. In the love that must fill his heart. With sorrow and gratitude, I continue the journey. Moved by the power of his love, I am drawn to him and express my love in the words that come to me.
PRAYER: We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Dear Lord, grant me wisdom to understand your sacrificial love for me and for the world. Grant me also the strength of willingness to deny myself and to carry the cross every day as you did for me. In your mighty Name. Amen.
"And anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me." (Matthew 10:39)
MEDITATION: I contemplate the wood of that cross. I imagine how heavy it is. I reflect upon all it means that Jesus is carrying it. I look into his eyes. It's all there. This is for me. So I place myself with him in this journey. In its anguish, In his freedom and surrender. In the love that must fill his heart. With sorrow and gratitude, I continue the journey. Moved by the power of his love, I am drawn to him and express my love in the words that come to me.
PRAYER: We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Dear Lord, grant me wisdom to understand your sacrificial love for me and for the world. Grant me also the strength of willingness to deny myself and to carry the cross every day as you did for me. In your mighty Name. Amen.
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