Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps.
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
This evening we gather against the evocative backdrop of the Roman Colosseum. We are summoned by the Word just proclaimed to join Pope Benedict XVI along Jesus’ Way of the Cross.
Let us turn our inward gaze to Christ and implore him with hearts afire: “I beg you, Lord: Say to my soul: I am your salvation! Say it, that I may hear it!”
Christ’s comforting voice blends with the delicate thread of our “yes,” and the Holy Spirit, the finger of God, weaves within us the solid web of a faith full of consolation and guidance.
To follow, to believe, and to pray: these are the simple and sure steps which guide our journey along the Way of the Cross, and gradually enable us to glimpse the path of Truth and Life.
(Text of the meditations prepared for Good Friday’s Stations of the Cross at the Roman Colosseum)