EIGHTH STATION
JESUS MEETS THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM
IRONING BOARDS AND IRONS, WHITE SHIFTS,
WOMEN'S PORTRAITS, STARS OF DAVID
The Rev. Thomas Faulkner, Artist

Wooden ironing boards reconfigured to stand at different heights representing women’s toil. Each board supports an iron on which is attached a portrait of a young woman. They are of different ethnic makeup and races. The board covers are striped black and white to reference prison attire. Beneath each portrait hangs a white shift , interior lit and displaying a Star of David. On the way to his crucifixion, Jesus meets women from Jerusalem who mourn his fate. He cautions them not to weep for him but for themselves and their children given the days ahead saying: “Happy are the barren, the wombs that never bore a child...” And thus 2000 years later we find the same forces which put Jesus to death, murdering Jews and other "undesirables" in concentration camps, the murder led by those who called themselves Christian.