STATIONS OF THE CROSS
X. JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTS
Digital Collage, Jean-Marie Lee, 2017
PLOGS BELOW (JML's Poetic Commentary)
X. JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTS
V. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
R. Because by your holy Cross you have
redeemed the world.
The executioners take his garments and divide
them into four parts. But the cloak is without seam,
so they say: ‘It would be better not to tear it, but let us
cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.’ So,Scripture is
again fulfilled: ‘They divided my garments among them,
for my vesture they cast lots.’ Despoiled, left in the
most absolute poverty: our Lord is left with nothing save the
wooden Cross. To reach God, Christ is the way; but Christ
is on the Cross, and to climb up to the Cross we must
have our hearts free.
Our Father... Hail Mary...
V. Have mercy on us, O Lord
R. Have mercy on us.
Plog Post: Friday, March 31, 2017