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STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Seventh Station: JESUS' SECOND FALL

We Adore You, O Christ, And We Praise You.
Because By Your Holy Cross You Have Redeemed The World.

This scene reveals three figures on the stage with a large portion of the planet Earth exposed. Christ has fallen and He has reached for strength through the Word, His hand directly on the Scriptures. He is literally hanging onto the Word believing and trusting that no matter what happens to Him, His Abba hears him and is with him as he walks to Golgatha. All who see me scoff at me; they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads: he relied on the Lord; let him deliver him, let him rescue him if he loves him . You have been my guide since I was first formed, my security at my mother's breast. To you I was committed at birth, from my mother's womb you are my God. Be not far from me, for I am in distress; be near, for I have no one to help me (Ps. 2-8).







Two other individuals, strongly formed, with heads wrapped, are looking outward and downward while holding the cross upward. The artist has used "insightful language" throughout the station sculptures; the wrapped heads denotes that the situation is not fully exposed at this point. The crowds and the soldiers really do not know who they are putting to death. The truth is distorted and covered up and only to be revealed in due time.

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