Third Station

Jesus Falls the First Time

Reflection

Jesus, weakened by all his suffering, stumbles and falls on the way to Golgotha.  He fully tastes the frailty and poverty of the human condition.  He shares the helplessness of those who come face-to-face with their own human limitations, for they are malnourished, overworked, underpaid, illiterate and abused.  He struggles to rise again.  He reassures us that he will be there when we fall under the weight of our cross.