Station XI: Jesus is Crucified
It is easy to forget the impact our attitude and behavior have when we simply accept a role in society without considering its moral implications.
"They have pierced my hands and my feet, I can count all my bones." We are pierced, and are also the ones doing the piercing.
Violence and rage are mistaken for strength, yet in Christ, St. Paul reminds us, when we are weak, that is when we are strong.
Thomas Merton writes about being a "guilty bystander" and indeed, too often we are. To witness cruelty, injustice and oppression and do nothing is to be a guilty bystander, numb to the suffering and needs of others.
