"On a Pilgrimage" - 2014 Online Lenten Retreat
This is Post #11 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditati...on a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 10:
JESUS IS STRIPPED - HUMILIATION
And when they came to a place called Golgatha (which means the Place of the Skull), they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall. But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink. After they had crucified him, they divided his garments by casting lots. ~ Matthew 27:33-35
Jesus asks: “Would you look upon your neighbor’s humiliation and not move your hand to stop it?”
We all have a most embarrassing story to tell, but sometimes situations move beyond embarrassment. Humiliation strips us of our human dignity. Would you risk your own embarrassment to give someone their dignity back?
Read the story of Rebecca Sedwick.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/rebecca-ann-sedwick_n_4100350.html
Could intervention have restored Rebecca’s dignity and prevented her suicide?
Stories like Rebecca’s are more and more common. How can faith play a role in protecting people who are bullied? In stopping the bullying altogether?See More
This is Post #11 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditati...on a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 10:
JESUS IS STRIPPED - HUMILIATION
And when they came to a place called Golgatha (which means the Place of the Skull), they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall. But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink. After they had crucified him, they divided his garments by casting lots. ~ Matthew 27:33-35
Jesus asks: “Would you look upon your neighbor’s humiliation and not move your hand to stop it?”
We all have a most embarrassing story to tell, but sometimes situations move beyond embarrassment. Humiliation strips us of our human dignity. Would you risk your own embarrassment to give someone their dignity back?
Read the story of Rebecca Sedwick.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/rebecca-ann-sedwick_n_4100350.html
Could intervention have restored Rebecca’s dignity and prevented her suicide?
Stories like Rebecca’s are more and more common. How can faith play a role in protecting people who are bullied? In stopping the bullying altogether?See More
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