Dedicated to the Culture of Life - Holy Ghost Catholic Church

The Sixth Station:
Jesus is Cared for by Veronica
Leader: We adore you, oh Christ, and we praise you.
All: (kneel) Because by your holy cross you have redeemed
the world.
Leader: (stand) And now I beg
you, lady, not as though I were
writing you a new commandment,
but the one we have had from the
beginning, that we love one
another. And this is love, that we
follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you
have heard from the beginning, that you follow love. Look to
yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for,
but may win a full reward. (2 John 5-6; 8)
Meditation: Who were you, Veronica, and why did you do
what you did? Were you a village girl, a mother, a slave?
Were you a disciple of Jesus, or just a passerby? You saw a
man, condemned to death, a man for whom death was imminent,
a man beaten bloody, a criminal, worthless in the eyes
of society. What was the use of wiping his face with a pristine
cloth? It must have seemed a pointless, almost stupid act to
those in proximity, especially the Roman soldiers and unbelieving
Jews. Did you not care that by wiping this bloody,
spittle-spewn face, your virgin cloth would be forever
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