Saints LightTenth Station: Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments
The Tenth Station recalls the soldiers dividing the garments of Jesus and casting lots for his tunic (John 19:23-24); written for this app in the spirit of St Alphonsus Liguori. Pray it when you are tempted by vanity or greed.
The prayer
V. We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
At the top of the hill the soldiers tear off his clothes, reopening his wounds. They throw dice for his seamless tunic. The Creator of all things is left with nothing, exposed to the mockery of the crowd. He accepts even this humiliation. He gives up his dignity in the eyes of men so that our human dignity, wounded by sin, might be restored and clothed in grace.
Lord Jesus, you were stripped of everything for me. Free me from my attachment to possessions, appearances and the opinion of others, and clothe me with purity, humility and love.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Pray it this week
Give away one thing this week that you are holding onto more tightly than you should.
More in Stations of the Cross
- Stations of the Cross: Opening Prayer
- First Station: Jesus Is Condemned to Death
- Second Station: Jesus Takes Up His Cross
- Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time
- Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Mother
- Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross
- Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
- Seventh Station: Jesus Falls the Second Time
- Eighth Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
- Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time
- Eleventh Station: Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross
- Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross
- Thirteenth Station: Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross
- Fourteenth Station: Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb
- Stations of the Cross: Closing Prayer
- The whole Prayer Book
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