{"id":12882,"date":"2020-04-08T10:13:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T09:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=12882"},"modified":"2020-04-08T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T09:13:31","slug":"thirteenth-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=12882","title":{"rendered":"Thirteenth Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Thirteenth Station<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jesus is taken down from the Cross<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><em>We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the World.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><em><a href=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12883\" src=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed-4-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed-4-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed-4-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed-4-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>Joseph &amp; Nicodemus took down the body of Jesus from the Cross and placed it in his Mother\u2019s arms.\u00a0 Mary gazed on the wounds in his hands and feet and side.\u00a0 Jesus still bears these wounds in his Risen and Glorified Body.\u00a0 They are a pledge of his powerful intercession on our behalf before the throne of God.<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Lord, we look on your wounded hands.<br \/>\nWe think of our own hands, lazy, idle, sinful hands.<br \/>\nYour wounded feet recall your journeys of mercy.<br \/>\nWe think of our feet that have often gone astray.<br \/>\nYour wounded side reveals a heart that was broken for love of us.<br \/>\nMay your wounds help us to live with a sense of responsibility.<br \/>\nTeach us to appreciate the Eucharist and Confession,<br \/>\nto love you with intensity and sincerity.<br \/>\nGrant us patience to accept our own wounds with resignation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Let us proclaim the Mystery of Faith.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dying you destroyed our death.<br \/>\nRising you restored our life.<br \/>\nLord Jesus, come in glory.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteenth Station Jesus is taken down from the Cross We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee. Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the World. Joseph &amp; Nicodemus took down the body of Jesus from the Cross &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=12882\">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-12882","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\/12882","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=12882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12884,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12882\/revisions\/12884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}