✙ 9th Station of the Cross: Christ falls for the third time
The ninth station visualises Christ’s third painful fall in the city street. The message of this station is that even when we feel that is impossible to go on, God is our refuge and our help.
✙ 10th Station of the Cross: Christ is stripped of his clothes
Christ went out through the city gate to the hill of Golgotha, which we know in English as ‘Calvary’. When he reached the summit, the soldiers stripped him of his clothes, leaving him naked and defenceless.
✙ 11th Station of the Cross: Christ is nailed to the cross
The 11th station pictures the crucifixion. At Golgotha, with arms and feet outstretched, Christ was brutally nailed to the cross by the Roman soldiers.
✙ 13th Station of the Cross: Christ is removed from the cross
The 13th station is known as the Deposition of Christ. It pictures the body of Jesus being taken down from the cross. Pontius Pilate permitted St Joseph of Arimathaea to remove Christ’s body from the cross.
✙ 14th Station of the Cross: Christ is buried
The 14th station pictures the burial of Christ in the garden tomb of St Joseph of Arimathaea. The faithful few wrapped his body in a linen shroud and sealed him in the tomb.
+ Fourth Sorrowful Mystery: The Carrying of the Cross
The Fourth Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary is the Carrying of the Cross. It's a meditation on how Christ was made to carry the cross through the streets of Jerusalem to the place where he was crucified.
Christ carries his cross (John 19:16-17)
After being sentenced to death, Jesus was ordered to carry his cross to Golgotha, the hill outside Jerusalem where he was to be crucified.
The Deposition of Christ (Mark 15:42-47)
The taking down of Christ’s dead body from the cross is traditionally known in art as the ‘Deposition of Christ', the ‘Descent from the Cross’ or the ‘Lamentation of Christ’.
Simon of Cyrene helps Christ (Mark 15:21-22)
While passing by on his way in from the country, Simon of Cyrene was forced to help Jesus to carry his cross.