Do You Hear My Cry? The Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross.
The Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross.
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Reflection:
Imagine the suffering of Our Lord as the nails were driven into his flesh. His endurance weakening, His plight that of resignation. The hammer strike only served to confirm the cruelty of it all. Roman crucifixion was designed for maximum pain and suffering. Still, He looked to prayer in His suffering. We pray that we can unite our pain with Yours, O Lord.
Meditation from Psalm 22: 15-22:
Like water my life drains away; all my bones are disjointed.
My heart has become like wax, it melts away within me.
As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my tongue cleaves to my palate;
You lay me in the dust of death.
Dogs surround me; a pack of evildoers closes in on me.
They have pierced my hands and my feet, I can count all my bones.
They stare at me and gloat; they divide my garments among them;
for my clothing they cast lots.
But you, LORD, do not stay far off; my strength, come quickly to help me.
Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the grip of the dog.
Save me from the lion’s mouth, my poor life from the horns of wild bulls.”
From the Imitation of Christ: Book II, Ch 12, para 13.
With good reason ought you to willingly suffer a little for Christ, since many suffer greater things in the world.
Prayer: My Jesus, through Your agony of the piercing nails being driven into your hands and feet, help me to crucify my flesh by Christian penance. Let me 
unite my tribulations to Yours in order to imitate You.
unite my tribulations to Yours in order to imitate You.