Part of the indignity is to be crucified naked. Jesus is completely stripped of any pride The wounds on his back are torn open again. He experiences the ultimate vulnerability of the defenseless. No shield or security protects him. As they stare at him, his eyes turn to heaven.
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
I pause to watch the stripping. I contemplate all that is taken from him. And, how he faces his death with such nakedness. I reflect upon how much of himself he has revealed to me. Holding nothing back. As I look at him in his humility, I know that this is for me, and I share my feelings of gratitude.
Prayer
O Lord, I reach out and grasp greedily for so much, searching for what will satisfy. Induce me, O Jesus, to strip off my former self and to be renewed according to your will and desire. I will not spare myself, however painful this should be for me: despoiled of things temporal, of my own will, I desire to die, in order to live for you forever. Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom.
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