The cruel sound of the hammer’s
blow
Nail piercing through flesh and parting bone
First one hand, then the other.
Feet slammed roughly against the wood and nailed through too.
An agony too intolerable to comprehend
Lifted up for all to see
The desperate struggle for breath
The Lord of all Creation is hung upon the tree and the slow and
agonizing process of dying an enforced death begins. He speaks:
Forgive
them Father, they know not what they do
Forgive us our sins
and, reminding us of this Station,
give us the grace to
forgive those who sin against us
