Station I - Jesus is Condemned to Death
Standing before Pilate, Jesus is bleeding everywhere, struggling to breathe, and trying His best to stay standing. Our Lord has been betrayed by His friend, tied up, led from the garden like a criminal, dragged around, spat upon, shoved and punched to the ground, denied by His trusted friend - treated like a victim fallen prey to a bunch of broken and wounded bullies. "Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered." Our Lord did not rebel and shout, calling out "Unfair!" Rather, He accepted and endured all that came to Him. " Like a lamb led to slaughter or a sheep silent before his shearers he opened not his mouth." Out of obedience to His Father and out of love for us, Jesus endured the unjust suffering. Though unjust, it was redemptive. It is truly wrong and unjust that Jesus was mistreated the way He was, but Our Lord saw the bigger picture and He chose to remain faithful to His Father and persevered in carrying out His wil...