Third Station--Jesus Falls a First Time
(From Chris Gollon's Stations of the Cross at St. John on Bethnal Green Church)
Third Station: Jesus Falls a First Time
Leader: O holy Christ, we worship you, we adore you;
People: You stumbled and fell while the unmoving crowd looked on, and soldiers jeered.
Although Jesus, Son of the Living God, had the power to summon angels and archangels and all the company of Heaven to deliver him, instead he consented to one of the emptiest moments in humanity--a condemned man walking to his death, carrying his cross. As he lay face down in the dust, the weight of the cross upon his weakening body, its rough wood splintering into his flesh, instead of holy adoration he heard mockery and scorn.
Come, let us bow down and bend the knee,
and kneel before the Lord our maker.
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
Leader: God did not lift his Son from the dirty cobblestone street;
People: But left him in the loneliness of human suffering.
Leader: Let us pray.
(a brief period of silence is observed.)
Almighty God,
When we lie fallen in the midst of our own humiliation and doubt,
Remind us that you sent your own Son ahead of us
as a suffering servant to us all,
so that we may also rise in your glory.
When we feel alone and afraid
and our human frailties overtake us,
Place our hand upon the Cross of Christ,
So that we know he has been here before us
as we endure our weakest moments.
Strengthen us in the hope of the Resurrection of your Son,
and sustain us with your Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
Holy God,
Holy and Mighty,
Holy immortal one,
Have mercy on us.
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David Beckham, apple acclaimed football amateur has tattoos all over his body. He expresses his thoughts through his tattoo. He has tats of wings, angel, cantankerous and added religious tattoos, names of his accouchement and admired wife in Sanskrit.
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