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OF THE CROSS We Adore You, O Christ, And We Praise You. By now, Christ, the largest figure central to this scene, has received the Crown of Thorns. They dressed him in royal purple, then wove a crown of thorns and put it on him, and...continually striking Jesus on the head...they genuflected before him and pretended to pay him homage. When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him (Mk 15:17-20).
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The scene of Station Two is similar to
the first station in that the planet Earth is in the background
and three individuals are standing on the altar, the stage. Christ,
with his outer robe partially torn away, is seen picking up his
cross. His hand is actually holding up the cross without straining.
He is in control; all things are held together through Christ. Two
other individuals are involved, one is pushing and straining one
way on the cross, and the second, with his arm on the other side
and his hand clenched into a fist, seems to be half-heartedly involved
in the task.
Neither of the persons helping to crucify Christ are dressed
as soldiers with implements of destruction (spears, whips, or
swords) at their sides even though this is a Roman crucifixion.
The Roman soldiers only carried out the demanding cry and plan
for Jesus' death. No, the figures bent on Christ's death are dressed
as ordinary people, for it was people like you and I who cried
out for the taking of his life. And it was for ordinary people
like you and I that Jesus came to redeem. Stations of the Cross Walking Tour Map |