How did you do that?
Friday, February 20, 2026
The First Station of the Cross
Jesus is Condemned to DeathMatthew 27:26
How absolutely awful does it feel to be accused of something you didn’t do? How angry does that make you?!
Some of the other 13 stations of the cross feel very far from our lived experience. I mean, who wears crowns of thorns anymore?
But this one you might be able to identify with. That feeling of “I didn’t do that! I would never do that!”, but somebody is convinced that you did.
Can you feel that anger? Remind yourself of a situation of frustration or discomfort or anger.
Then start today’s conversation with the Lord: “How did you do that? How did you just sit there and take it?”
Let’s see if it teaches us something about how to hold the tension of our anger, our frustration, our discomfort.