Tuesday, September 30, 2014

FIRST STATION OF THE CROSS


First Station; Jesus is sentenced to execution 
Pilate is dismayed at Jesus' Fate; he protests by the symbolic 'washing of hands' . 
For the Roman Feast of Lemuria the pater familia got up at midnight, and washed his hands with pure water. After the ablution he would repeat a prayer nine times. 
It is probable that Pilate was ritually purifying his hands of the deed he was reluctantly pressurized into; and prayed that he was innocent of responsibility for Jesus' execution.

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