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Corpus Christi Church
Clifton Nottingham

The Nave



The Nave is the part of the church we first enter from the porch. It is where the majority of the congregation are. Entrance to the Lady Chapel is on the left as you enter.

The Stations of the Cross, the first four of which are in the North Transept, continue in the Nave. Stations 5, 6 and 7 are on the north wall, stations 8, 9 and 10 on the South wall. The final four stations are found in the South Transept The stations give us a chance to stop and reflect on Christ's journey to Calvary. They are reproduced below with some thoughts for our own personal reflection.

5. Simon helps Jesus carry his cross		 Who helped me carry my cross? Was it visible to others? Did I accept or refuse the help?

Did I see someone else in trouble,broken and bleeding and just walk past or did I seek to help whether I knew the person or not?

Why did the man known as Simon help Jesus? Who is carrying a cross in my community today? How can I help?
Would we have comforted Jesus or was the scene too horrible to look at properly? Do I see Christ in others and comfort them in their distress? What would I have said to Jesus? What do I say to others?
6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

7. Jesus falls the second time		 Does the pressure to keep going sometimes get too much?

Do events on our journey get harder and the tasks appear more difficult, to the point that we want to give up?

Who is there to pick us up and encourage us?
“Weep for yourselves and for your children”.

Jesus foresaw sad things happening if people kept rejecting God and doing wrong. What example do we give to our brothers and sisters and friends?

Do our friends think of us as trustworthy and good?

Do we try to sort good advice from bad? If we receive good advice do we find it difficult to follow it?
8. Jesus speaks to the women and children

9. Jesus falls the third time 		The journey through life is long and sometimes difficult. We may know what is the right way but do we fall away from it time and time again?

Can we really get up again and try afresh?

How do people keep going when they are old or sick? Who cares?

Do we turn to Christ, place our trust in him and let him help us on our way?
There is no dignity in being forcibly and publicly stripped of clothes. How many people do we see on the streets, in the classroom, at work, stripped, not of their clothes, but of their dignity?

Why do people ridicule those who are least fortunate. Does this show a poverty if not in material terms then perhaps in spirit?

Those that have the least often seem to struggle for the little they have.

Are we all poor in some way?
10. Jesus is stripped of his garments


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