The Seventh Station
Jesus is Mocked by the Soldiers and Given His Cross
Bible Reading
The soldiers led him away inside the palace, that is, the Praetorium, and assembled the whole cohort... They began to salute him... and kept striking his head with a reed and spitting upon him. They knelt before him in homage. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. Mark 15:16,18a,19-20
Meditation
Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He deserves our praise and reverence. Yet the soldiers placed upon him a dirty cloak instead of a royal garment. They handed him a thin reed instead of the golden staff used by kings. Through all this humiliation, Jesus remained silent. How different with us. Though not as pure or as important as Christ, we nevertheless become angry and defensive when someone attacks or criticizes us in any way.
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