Station 12
My flesh is afraid, but I am not, Oil on paper, 56 x 76 cm unframed. Image courtesy of the artist.
The fruit appeared ripe. Its skin was scarred all over, scratched by the thorns of its own defense. A wound had split open, it was cut down and torn into three, but inside were not jewels of ruby.
In Greek mythology, the pomegranate symbolised death and the promise of resurrection. In Christianity, it is the symbol of resurrection and the hope for eternal life.
The still life depicts the unripe, rotting pomegranate with the hint of an empty coffin-shaped glass. Shrouded in darkness, it emanates the end. But in the apparent emptiness, souls escape their mortal husk—and there lie the demons, monsters, spirits, and faeries feared or befriended as a child.
Meditation
In Your hands He placed Himself:
all that He was,
all that He had ever been,
all His beauty,
all His obedience,
all His loving.
In God’s hands He placed Himself.
He was returning to His father,
He was going home.
© Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill
Eggs and Ashes: Practical & liturgical resources for Lent and Holy Week.
Station Information
- Year: 2017
- Station Number 12
- Jesus Dies on the Cross
- Exhibitor Celene Bridge
Reading
It was about twelve o’clock when the sun stopped shining and darkness covered the whole country until three o’clock. And the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two. Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father in your hands I place my spirit.” He said this and died.
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