SIXTH STATION.
Veronica presents a Towel to Christ.
V. We adore thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, and bless thy holy name:
R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.
THE MYSTERY.
THIS station represents the moment when the pious Veronica, moved with compassion on beholding the sacred face of our Redeemer, livid with blows and covered with blood and sweat, presents a towel with which Jesus wipes his face. Consider the heroic piety of this devout woman, who is not intimidated by the presence of the executioners, or the clamors of the Jews; and the benign acknowledgment of Jesus, who leaves the Impression of his countenance on the towel. Reflect here, that although you cannot discharge the kind offices of humanity to your Saviour, you have it in your power to discharge them towards his suffering members, the poor. You cannot wipe away the blood and sweat from the face of Jesus; but you can dry up the tears of wretchedness and misery. Examine what returns you have made for the favours your bountiful Jesus has bestowed on you; and, conscious of your ingratitude, address him in the following
PRAYER.
O JESUS, give me tears to weep for my ingratitude How often have I turned my eyes from thee and thy sufferings, to fix them on the world and its vanities! Let me henceforth be entirely thine. Stamp thy image on my soul, that it may never admit any love incompatible with that which I owe thee. Take
