The Seventh Station: Jesus falls the second time
Jesus falls a second time, crushed beneath the weight of His awful sufferings which are fast draining His strength. Exhausted and spent He lies upon the rough-paved ground, a cruel resting place for His bleeding, lacerated body. Vainly He tries to rise, for love impels Him on to the consummation of the sacrifice, but His tottering limbs will not support Him and once again He falls upon the ground. Again the soldiers with fiendish brutality drag Him to His feet with coarse jibes and mocking laughter, with kicks and blows they drive Him on, pulling Him now forward, now back, striving if possible to add to the sufferings of the patient victim.
April 6, 2025
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on Meditation on the Seventh Station of the Cross by Fr Willie Doyle.
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Sometimes suffering leaves us alone…others might not be aware of our situation, or are too distracted and so are not there when we need them. It leaves Jesus and me only. Our Lady, the Mother of us all, prays for us, calls upon Her Son as she did at Cana.-Jesus never abandons us.
Father Doyle, there were times when you experienced loneliness in illness, or distress on the battlefield when all looked so hopeless. Please remind us that the deeper our suffering, the closer God draws near to us. He wants us for Himself in those times ; remind us that His grace, strength, and Love will never fail us. These are times when we are in the Garden with Our Lord, or following His foot steps on the way of the Cross.