Station 12: Care

◼︎Journey Stations of the Cross: Sunday, March 21 – Sunday, April 4 ◼︎

Our Stations of the Cross experience will take us on a journey following the footsteps of Christ, immersing us in the biblical account of the last hours and days of Jesus' life. Take a few minutes each day to watch a short video and to respond and reflect. Connect with Jesus and prepare your heart as we head into Good Friday and Easter.

The following is the script from the video. You may also follow along using the downloadable reflection booklet.

◼︎ Station 12: Care◼︎
Jesus Speaks to His Mother and the Disciple
John 19:25–27

Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.
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He took her into his own home. Into his own heart.
This part of the story is about giving and receiving care.

What Jesus has been, for his mother and his friend, he cannot be anymore. He knows they will mourn. He knows they will miss what he has been for them.

And so he gives them to each other that they might each experience care: both the giving of it and the receiving of it.

So they can share with each other what he has been for them while learning something new: the way his care for them continues—even after he’s gone—because he has brought them together.

Hold your hands out in front of you.
Turn one palm up, ready to receive.
Turn the other palm down, ready to give.
In the silence, imagine receiving care as a tangible thing in your upturned hand. What is it that’s being given to you?

Now, as the silence continues, imagine giving care with your hand that’s facing down. What is it you’re offering?

Bring your hands together, and in this last silence, offer a brief prayer of gratitude for the care you receive and the care you give.

Amen.