Stations of the Cross— The Weight of Dust:Station 13
When I did this tile I wondered why we had to have this as part of the process. Of course the persons doing the stations originally had their reasons. My wondering tinged with an impatience to finish the project, reminded me that even today the rituals of death and dying need to be completed. Death slows down life momentarily. Slowing down, taking time for life and reflection on it, is good in itself.
Station 13
I joined this walk at its beginning
and now the end has come, Jesus.
The dust clings to your body now
because you did not hide from
what you knew of God,
and you spoke it clearly.
I claim your journey as my own.
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Body Taken Down From the Cross
Stations of the Cross: The Weight of Dust — Station 9
This is the midway point for this witness to the journey of Jesus to crucifixion, who began by saying “I don’t want a God who ends up in the dirt” (See the First Fall), yet who chooses to continue the journey. In this tile the heart is moving closer to the rocks of the earth, and to being claimed by the ground in burial. There are stress marks in the clay and brokenness in the heart.
Station 9- Jesus Falls the Third Time
Your weakness grows more evident, Jesus.
You fall again.
The women of Jerusalem who cried for you–
wept– reached out– you thought of them,
not yourself. I will not abandon a God
who stumbles for all the right reasons.
We’re almost to the hill.
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