The first station: Jesus is condemned to death.
A reading from the gospel of Luke.
One of the criminals hanging with Jesus insulted him: “So you are the Messiah? Save yourself and us as well!” But the other rebuked him, saying, “Have you no fear of God? You received the same sentence as he did. We deserve the punishment; this is payment for what we have done. But this man has done no evil.” Turning to Jesus, he said, “Remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Jesus replied, “Truly, you will be with me today in paradise.”
Who in our world stands condemned unjustly?
Who do we put to death in a thousand ways?
Whose deaths do we allow to pass unnoticed? Refugees, perhaps? Faceless victims of violence and war?
Those in whom there is no guilt still die today.
They are the abused children, the battered women.
They are the children in countries crushed by war.
They are the hidden elderly, the ignored lonely.
They are the poor who are deprived of basic human rights.
They are the executed unborn.
They are the stereotyped mentally ill, the socially condemned.
They are the AIDS victims sentenced to death.
They are the prisoners of war, mocked and tortured.
The innocent are still condemned to death.
We are called to act with justice.
We are called to love tenderly
We are called to walk this way of the cross, to walk humbly with our God.
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