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OF THE CROSS We Adore You, O Christ, And We Praise You. When they came to the Skull Place, as it was called, they crucified him... Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23: 33 34). It was now around midday, and darkness came over the whole land until mid afternoon with an eclipse of the sun. The curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two (Luke 23: 44-45). Jesus, the largest form in the twelfth station scene, is now
physically dead, yet he gazes out with open eyes at the person
looking at him, at you and me. Though killed, Jesus lives! Everything
around Jesus is centered on him. A soldier, located closest to
Christ, is the centurion who stood guard over Jesus. His hand
is on the cross and he shares the truth that he has come to recognize
and believe: Clearly this is the Son of God! (Matt. 27:
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Another soldier, wearing an antagonistic
expression upon his face, and clutching dice in the hand that touches
the Scriptures, represents those who helped to fulfill these prophetic
words, When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes
among them by casting lots; then they sat down there and kept watch
over him (Matt. 27: 35-37).
Mary, Jesus' mother, appearing on the other side of the cross, looks aghast. Standing in disbelief, she looks at Christ's bloodstained clothing piled on the ground and experiences the excruciating pain of a mother's loss of her son. Scenes of her past life with Jesus dart in and out of her mind and she replays again the words of Simeon: This child is destined to be the downfall and the rise of many in Israel, a sign that will be opposed--and you yourself shall be pierced with a sword--so that the thoughts of many hearts may be laid bare (Luke 2: 34-35). Stations of the Cross Walking Tour Map |