<p class="title_brown"><strong>Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem who weep for him </strong></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>According to the Gospel of Luke </em><em>(Luke 23, 27-29)</em></p>

<p class="quote">There followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning to them said, &quot;Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. The days are coming when people will say, &lsquo;Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed&acute;.</p>

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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>Meditation</em></p>

<p class="normal_text">Lord Jesus, in the solitude of your path towards the Calvary rise up some signs that not everyone is indifferent to you. Not everyone sees themselves in the cruelty of the show which, for so many, completely unaware of the inhumanity and meaningless of what is happening, is mere entertainment. In the sorrows of those women certainly you find some comfort, some gentleness of the tremendous pain you are living. However, you don&rsquo;t forget that the heart of men is hardened and blocked by the mortal egoisms that led you this path. The women of Jerusalem and their sons &ndash; the entire humanity &ndash; are not free from the power dynamisms that lead to suffering and death. When will the heart of men transform &ndash; configuring to the heart of God &ndash; in flesh?<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown"><strong>Prayer</strong></p>

<p class="normal_text">Holy Father, United to the oblation of your Son Jesus, I pray for the ones who are willing to shelter the pain of others with solidarity and compassion, so that they won&rsquo;t discourage. I present you this prayer by the maternal hands of Mary who in Fatima invites to the availability for the good of all.<br />
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Our Father...</p>
