Jesus is stripped of his garments

Station Ten

– Jesus is stripped of his garments –

The soldiers notice you have something of value. They remove your cloak and throw dice for it. Your wounds are torn open once again. Some of the people in the crowd make fun of you. They tease you and challenge you to perform a miracle for them to see. They’re not aware that you’ll perform the greatest miracle of all!

Sometimes we repeat stories that are disrespectful of others. We can entertain thoughts that are not clean. Sometimes we give the young people around us a bad example to follow.

Help us to keep ourselves pure and clean. Help us say things that build up the people around us. Help us overcome worldly desires that we may become more like Jesus. Help us set a good example for others to follow.

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Lord God, who’s blessed Son our Saviour gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon,: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident to the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.