Stations of the Cross – 14

Jesus Is Taken Down From the Cross

Reading – Luke 23: 50-53

Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid.

Reflection

The lifeless body of Jesus is tenderly placed in the arms of Mary, his mother. Mary had to beg for the body of her son. We pray for those who mourn without a body, for those who go missing and are never found. We pray for all victims of murder and manslaughter