Holy Week: Pope Francis’ Stations of the Cross in the face of the madness of war and violence against women

Meditations first written by Pope Francis through the traditional via crucis that is celebrated today, Good fridayat the Coliseum in RomeIt will be a dialogue with Jesus in a world where “the madness of war” reigns, “violence against women” and where “a keyboard is enough to write sentences”

He Vatican published today the meditations written in the handwriting of Francisco and which will resound tonight in the Roman amphitheater, a symbol of the persecution of Christians in early times, and which, like the Vaticanthey are “an act of meditation and spirituality, with Jesus In the middle” And therefore “the reference to the present will therefore be less direct than that expressed in past years.”

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At the fourteen stations of the Cross, the Pope establishes a dialogue with Jesus with questions, reflections and prayers in the face of everyday experiences, such as when “We experience pain, disappointments, wounds, failures and crosses which we also carry” but sometimes just “We sink into victimhood.”

Francisco assures in his reflections that “infamy and contempt”, which Jesus suffered, is something that happens today when “a keyboard is enough to insult and publish phrases.”

He also meditates “when we fall into our mistakes and sins, when we are scandalized by others and then we realize that we are no different”.

In season eight, when ‘Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem’ For Francis, it is the opportunity to urge “recognize the greatness of women, those who were faithful to you at Easter and did not abandon you, those who continue to be discarded today, suffering outrages and violence”.

And at this moment the Pope also reflects on “if we cry in the face of the madness of war, in front of the faces of children who no longer know how to smile, in front of mothers who they see malnourished and hungry without even having any more tears to shed.”

And Francisco asks: “You, Jesus, wept for Jerusalemyou cried for the hardness of our hearts. shake me inside“Give me the grace to cry while I pray and to pray while I cry.”

When Jesus is taken down from the cross and handed over Mariathe Pope notes that “we live in cruel times and we need compassion2 and asks the Virgin: “Anoint us with gentleness; undo the resistance of the heart and the knots of the soul.”

In his final prayer, the Pope asks that this moment serve to embrace “to the brothers and sisters in so many parts of the world who suffer persecution because of your name; for those suffering from tragedy of war and those who, taking strength from you, carry heavy crosses.”

“Jesusholy judge who will call me by my name, deliver me from reckless judgmentsgossip and violent and offensive words”, pray too Francisco.

He Way of the Cross of Coliseum It will begin at 9pm, Italian time (8pm GMT), and the Pope will preside over it on the hill of Palatinewhile last year he didn’t come due to the intense cold because he had to recover from the bronchitis which forced him to be hospitalized.

Source: Elcomercio

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