“Compassion swirls through the narrative. The women wept for what would happen to Jesus, but Jesus, even as the horror of his death loomed near, revealed that they were in even greater need of compassion than he was.”

Paula Gooder reflects on the Ninth Station: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem, with readings and prayers from Philip North.

Today's reading is Luke 23.27-31.

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