Joint Project Commissariat of the Holy Land in Canada and Antennes de paix à Montréal
6th station
Station 7: Jesus falls for the second time
1st voice
“All who see me jeer at me, they toss their heads and sneer.” (Ps 22, 8)
There he is, face in the dust. Broken under the weight of the cross but also by the lack of understanding of his own people, his countrymen. He has become most vulnerable. In his suffering flesh, hope will yet be reborn.
2nd voice
Just as Jesus is broken down by the ordeal of a long march, the peoples of the Holy Land can no longer bear the suffering that comes from divisions, walls of separation. They aspire to build bridges rather than put up walls. They cry out and their cry is one of hope that they address to our consciences and communities throughout the world. Beyond all walls, let us discover with them how to give “the reason for the hope that you all have.”*
3rd voice
Let us pray:
O Jesus, the Christ, you who were sent by the Father to reconcile all things in his love, hear the cry of hope of the peoples of the Holy Land. Grant them the peace acquired through the spilling of your blood and the joy of being part of a blossoming of renewed relationships between communities and with the world. Amen.
* 1 P 3, 15