The Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of His garments
At last He stands upon the hill of shame to pay the price of our redemption. In the eyes of His Eternal Father, a sinner laden with the crimes of a wicked world; before men, the most abject and abandoned of creatures. A brutal soldier advances. He lays his hand upon the garment of Jesus and roughly tears it from His sacred shoulders. The cloth has sunk deeply into the gaping wounds left by the recent scourging, and driven deeper still by the weight of the cross and the oft-repeated blows. With a horrid, rending sound the wounds are torn open afresh, the sacred blood gushes forth anew and bathes His limbs in its ruddy stream. It is a moment of awful agony.
March 25, 2026
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on Meditation on the Tenth Station of the Cross by Fr Willie Doyle.
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In silent pain the Lord continues with His mission to suffer and die. The horrific scene that His Mother must watch; watching and waiting as her Son slowly dies in front of Her-a Mother’s breaking heart, too full of pain and compassion to even speak. Jesus’ Heart broken, too, as He gazes upon His suffering Mother. Were they relieved that gentle St. Joseph was not present to witness it all?
Father Doyle, please pray for any mother or father, indeed, anyone who must watch and suffer with their loved ones as they prepare to leave this world. Give them strength and faith to endure and move on, with trust and hope.