03/02/2026
Join us on Fridays during Lent for the Bilingual Stations of the Cross at 6:30 pm at St. Anne's and at 6:00 pm at Mater Ecclesiae.
The Second Station: Jesus Carries the Cross
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. (๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ) ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ. (๐๐ช๐ด๐ฆ)
Scripture: John 19:6, 15-17
When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, โCrucify him, crucify him!โ Pilate said to them, โTake him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no crime in him.โ They cried out, โAway with him, away with him, crucify him!โ Pilate said to them, โShall I crucify your King?โ The chief priests answered, โWe have no king but Caesar.โ Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golโgotha.
Reflection:
The world tells us we should do anything to avoid pain and suffering today. But thatโs not how Jesus was. He embraced every experience of pain and suffering. Why the great difference between Jesusโ approach and the worldโs approach? The world believes that suffering has no value and should be avoided at all costs. God believes that suffering has valueโenough value to save all of humanity. We all join in his suffering in different waysโand itโs an invitation to pick up our own cross and follow him. Letโs look to Jesus and bring our suffering to him, and allow him to transform us in ways unimaginable.
Prayer: Our FatherโฆHail MaryโฆGlory Be
