Although the Pope did not participate in the Stations of the Cross, his thoughts and presence were felt because the meditations that accompanied each station were written by him.
They were very spiritual reflections. However, they included occasional criticism of modern day mentality, which the Pope compared to that of the builders of the Tower of Babel.
The builders of Babel tell us that there is no room for mistakes and that whoever falls is lost. That is the quarry of hell. God's economy, on the other hand, does not kill, does not discard, does not crush.
The meditations reflected on the need for a world that is like Christ: patient, humble, and full of goodness.
Inhuman is the economy in which ninety-nine are worth more than one. Yet we have built a world that works that way; a world of calculations and algorithms, of cold logic and implacable interests. The law of your house, divine economy, is different, Lord.
The Pope also asked for prayers for the unity of the Church, although he focused above all on the need for personal conversion. He said that one's own selfishness is heavier than the Cross of Jesus.
Speaking of crosses, the person in charge of carrying the cross at the pinnacle station, that of Christ's death, was a migrant.
The person who took the Pope's place at this event was the vicar for the city of Rome, the Italian Cardinal Baldassare Reina.
JRB
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