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First Station Jesus is condemned to death V. (genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. R. Because by your holy Cross, you have redeemed the world. Scripture Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate asked him, “What is truth?” (Jn 18:37-38) Meditation The question arises: does “the” truth really exist? What is “the” truth? Can we know it? Can we find it? Here springs to my mind the question of Pontius Pilate, the Roman
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