~*~ELEVENTH STATION~*~
Jesus Is Nailed To The Cross
V. We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You.
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
You are now stretched out upon Your cross and the soldiers begin to take the spikes and drive them through Your hands and feet. You are nailed like a wild savage to a piece of wood. Everybody is laughing at You; soldiers are playing dice for the few pieces of Your clothing that are worth taking; the whole world seems to have gone crazy. You gave them nothing but love and kindness, and all man has to offer You are steel spikes driven through Your body.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And also with you.
Let us pray:
O God, man is somtimes like an animal rather than a human being. We hurt one another by laughing at the color of skin--or the way a man speaks--or the way he dresses--all the things that are unimportant we make the most important. Never let me drive a steel spike into someone else by my display of hatred or injustice or bigotry. Through Jesus Christ our Lord.