Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
Jesus was violently stripped by the executioners.
Jesus was weak in the extreme when he fell the third time
The women wept with compassion at seeing Jesus
Veronica, seeing Jesus so ill-used, wiped his face.
Consider the second fall of Jesus under the Cross; a fall which renews the pain of all the wounds in his head and members.
When Jesus falls the first time, he is so weakened he could scarcely walk
Jesus accepts His Cross and offers to his Father the death he was about to undergo.
Consider how Jesus Christ, after being scourged and crowned with thorns, was unjustly condemned by Pilate to die on the cross.
Cardinal Nichols invites us to meditate on the Stations of the Cross
