Jesus. He's the King of the Universe. He's the creator of everything. He's God. And yet, he still fell. Just as we do. He was crippled by the weight of His cross. when we are feeling overwhelmed by the weight of the world on our shoulders, we need to remember that Jesus literally bore the entire world on his shoulders- and he did it for us. And He didn't just carry the cross, He suffered with it. He embraced it. He didn't use his power and reign over the universe to make the cross lighter, He carried it at it's full weight and along with that, the weight of our failures. But notice that Christ did not simply fall and give up- He fell and went on. He went on and kept walking towards the place where he would die. And the most amazing part is that he fell so that we could fall and have the chance to get up. We fall every day when we sin. Thanks to Jesus' sacrifice, we have the oppurtunity to get back up and start again through the sacrament of reconciliation.
Let's use this station to remind us that even we feel overwhelmed or are feeling like we can no longer deal with a certain person or situation, we can still get up and keep moving and keep loving, just as Christ did. Our falling does not define who we are, Our getting back up again does.
Lord Jesus Christ, even though the journey toward crucifixion was hard, you continued on for me. When I fall in life, give me the strength to rise again. When I lose my way, gently lead me home. When I sin against you and others, through your sacraments create in me a clean heart. AMEN.
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Me too. It's a powerful picture.