Jesus falls for the second time

Station Seven

– Jesus falls for the second time –

This is the second time you have fallen on the road. As the cross grows heavier and heavier it becomes more difficult to get up. But you continue to struggle and try until you’re up and walking again. You don’t give up.

Sometimes we think we should know more than we do. We become impatient with ourselves and find it hard to believe in ourselves when we fail. It is easy to despair over small things, and sometimes we do.

Help us when things seem difficult for us. Even when it’s hard, help us get up and keep trying as you did. Help us do our best without comparing ourselves with others.

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Almighty and ever living God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering and also share in his resurrection: who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.