Station Four

– Jesus meets his Mother –

Jesus, you feel so alone with all those people yelling and screaming at you. You don’t like the words they are saying about you, and you look for a friendly face in the crowd. You see your mother. She can’t make the hurting stop, but it helps to see that she is on your side, that she is suffering with you. She does understand and care.

Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by many things. Life is so competitive, and we worry so much about our future and those who have some control over it. We need to remember that being an adult does not mean having to solve every problem all by ourselves. We need to look around us for a friendly face, for the help we need.

When we feel alone, help us to realize that you are our parent, the friendly face that we can depend upon to give us the help we need.

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O God, who willed that in the passion of your Son a sword of grief should pierce the soul of the Blessed Virgin Mary his mother; Mercifully grant that your church, having shared with her in his passion, may be made worthy to share in the joys of his resurrection; who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.