Sixth Station – Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

Find a stained tree or rock.

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Isaiah 53: 2-5

For he grew up before him like a young plant,

and like a root out of dry ground;

he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,

nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

He was despised and rejected by others;

a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity;

and as one from whom others hide their faces

he was despised, and we held him of no account.

Surely he has borne our infirmities

and carried our diseases;

yet we accounted him stricken,

struck down by God, and afflicted.

But he was wounded for our transgressions,

crushed for our iniquities;

upon him was the punishment that made us whole,

and by his bruises we are healed.

Reflection Question:
In the time before cameras, instantly capturing the image of another was an outlandish miracle. How does photography shape your life and memory? How has the explosion of image-based media affected your prayer, worship, and faith life in positive and negative ways?

Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favor, and further us with your continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in you, we may obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen