<p class="title_brown">Jesus is stripped of his garments</p>
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<p class="normal_text"><strong>V. </strong>We adore you, O Christ and we bless you.<br />
<strong>R. </strong>Because&nbsp;by&nbsp;your Holy Cross, you&nbsp;have redeemed&nbsp;the world.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>From the Book of Psalm</em></p>

<p class="quote">They divide my clothing among them, they cast lots for my robe.</p>

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<em>Meditation</em></p>

<p class="normal_text">Lord Jesus, they surround you, solemnly, because the next step is a symbol of all humiliations. After all the path made in grooves of blood, you now suffer the greatest indignity and your body is exposed. You are stripped of the civilization&acute;s benefits, as a clear sign that you deserve nothing. Everything is taken from you. The executioners of this world set a scenario of indignity; the form a bow around you so that everybody can see your exposed body in that ironically solemn way. To your disciples your body is, however, exposed in a holy way. The brightness of the vest we saw you wearing resulted, in fact, from your own body. The amazing light that comes from it continues to purify our conscience, even if our eyes are used to the shows of this world.<br />
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Lord, with you, in this hour, I pray for all who are misled and abused in body and soul:<br />
<strong>V. </strong>Lord, have mercy on us!<br />
<strong>R. </strong>Lord, have mercy on us!<br />
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Our Father...</p>
