written by Pat Thompson
Station X Jesus is Stripped of His Garments
How offensive it must have been to our pure Lord Jesus to have been stripped of His clothes before that crowd who would have cheered at His humiliation. How painful, too, because stripping off His clothes, by now probably adhering to His many cuts and deep lacerations, would have torn open those wounds.
Later, we learn from John, that as Jesus was dying on His Cross, the uncaring soldiers divided His garments among themselves, but His tunic was without seam, “woven from top to bottom,” so they cast lots for it. (John 19:23-24) This garment, perhaps a gift form one of the women who followed Jesus, would have been quite costly.
Pope Benedict writes that the high priest’s garment was, like this, woven from a single thread, so thus we are reminded that Jesus, our high priest, was fulfilling His high priestly ministry by offering sacrifice (Himself) to God.
