The Way of the Cross

Christ Crucified (c. 1632) by Diego Velázquez

Today, we commemorate the greatest crime in the history of humanity, the greatest crime that was ever and will ever be committed: the crucifixion of the Perfect Man, Who Was God. And I was the criminal, for it was my sins that put Him there.

And yet…

It was also my salvation.

In 2006, meditating on the Way of the Cross, Pope Benedict said this:

The Way of the Cross is the way of mercy, the way of mercy that puts a limit on evil:  this is what we learned from Pope John Paul II. It is the way of mercy, hence, the way of salvation.

Thus, we are invited to take the way of mercy and with Jesus, put a limit on evil.

Let us pray to the Lord to help us be “infected” by his mercy.

Let us pray to the Holy Mother of Jesus, the Mother of Mercy, that we too can be men and women of mercy, and thereby contribute to the world’s salvation, to the salvation of creatures:  to be men and women of God.

Amen!

Let us, following the advice of Pope (now Emeritus) Benedict, take the way of Mercy, as Mercy was shown to us on a Friday afternoon some 2000 years ago.