4th Station: Jesus meets his mother Mary

Leader: We praise you, O Christ and we bless you.

All: Because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world

Reader:
In every Ethiopian Catholic Church, immediately behind the altar, there is an icon of the virgin and child. This image of Mary holding the Christ child in her arms is used to portray the truth that Mary always points us towards her son. In each icon, she is leading us to Jesus’ presence on the altar, where we encounter him in the form of bread and wine. Mary, in leading us to her son, gently points us to his real presence, and so invites us to believe in him as God’s son, fully human and fully divine.

Let us pray

Father, may we allow Mary, our Mother, to lead us to her son, and so encounter him as true God and true man.

All: Suffering for us, you set us free, rising you gave us life. You are the Saviour of the world.

SCIAF

Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund

4th Station: Jesus meets his mother Mary