THE FOURTH STATION

THE FOURTH STATION*

On blood-stained cobblestones

she stands,

holding out to Him

her helpless hands.

Her tear-filled eyes are dark

with all the woe

of mothers who have watched

their children go

Down bitter paths of pain

to die - 

the while she, anguished, stands

all helpless by.

Sister M Consilia PHJC

Catholic World. March 1947

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*The Fourth Station of the Cross: Jesus meets His afflicted mother.

From 'A Silence full of bells'