Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols is the Archbishop of Westminster. He was formerly Archbishop of Birmingham and an auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Westminster.
Jesus was violently stripped by the executioners.
Jesus was weak in the extreme when he fell the third time
The women wept with compassion at seeing Jesus
Consider the second fall of Jesus under the Cross; a fall which renews the pain of all the wounds in his head and members.
Veronica, seeing Jesus so ill-used, wiped his face.
Simon of Cyrene helps Christ carry his Cross
Consider the meeting of the Son and the Mother
When Jesus falls the first time, he is so weakened he could scarcely walk
Consider how Jesus Christ, after being scourged and crowned with thorns, was unjustly condemned by Pilate to die on the cross.
Jesus accepts His Cross and offers to his Father the death he was about to undergo.
