Station: Jesus is Mocked & Flogged. Meditate on the Images, Scripture and Text below.

Scripture:

Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged*. Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium (the governor’s official residence) and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. They spit on
him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. (Jn. 19:1; Matt. 26:27-30)

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*A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing imbedded pieces of bone and metal.

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- Meditation -

Jesus, soldiers of an earthly realm mock your kingship. You are so powerless in their eyes, so weak, the ruler of a kingdom that cannot be seen, and, therefore, must not exist. They treat you as a foolish impostor, caught in a lie.

O Jesus, how often do we look for the kingdom with the eyes of the world rather than with the eyes of faith. We forget your promise that your kingdom is among us. Help us to see your strength in our weakness, your reign in our powerlessness. We love you, Jesus; establish your rule over us.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

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