THE NINTH STATION.  Jesus falls the third time

I have fallen again, and this time, it is the end.
I would lift myself up, but there is no way.
I have done with the wood, but the iron remains.

Jesus falls a third time,
but it is at the summit of Calvary.

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Art by Joan Brand-Landkamer.  Meditations by Paul Claudel.
Photos (c) St. James Cathedral, 2010.  All rights reserved.