{"id":12791,"date":"2020-04-03T12:23:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T11:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=12791"},"modified":"2020-04-04T19:57:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:57:30","slug":"jesus-speaks-to-the-women-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=12791","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Speaks to the Women and Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><b>Eighth Station<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Jesus speaks to the women and children<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><i>We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/strong>Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the World.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12792\" src=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-113x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-113x150.png 113w, http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-225x300.png 225w, http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-768x1024.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>Along the Way of the Cross, there were women who wept in pity.<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Jesus accepted their compassion, but mysteriously warned:<br \/>\n<\/i><i>\u201cWeep first for yourselves and your children.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Jesus foresaw the sad things to come.\u00a0\u00a0People would choose to remain in sin and reject the healing power of God\u2019s forgiveness.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">God of mercy and compassion,teach us that even if our hearts condemn us you do not come to reject us, but to reveal yourself as the God of immense tenderness.<br \/>\nIn your providence, all things co-operate for good.<br \/>\nLord of infinite mercy our future lies in your hands.<br \/>\nAll we really need is a contrite, humble heart coming back to you.<br \/>\nStretch out your hand in blessing, pardon and peace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Let us proclaim the Mystery of Faith.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nDying you destroyed our death.<br \/>\nRising you restored our life.<br \/>\nLord Jesus, come in glory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I love Thee Jesus, my love above all things;<br \/>\nI repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee.<br \/>\nNever permit me to separate myself from Thee again.<br \/>\nGrant that I may love Thee always<br \/>\nand then do with me what Thou wilt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighth Station Jesus speaks to the women and children We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee. Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the World. Along the Way of the Cross, there were women who wept in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=12791\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stations-of-the-cross"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12791"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12829,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12791\/revisions\/12829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}