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"murderers...
even now as he grows cold
you come to take

you will never know the rage of mothers
whose children are ripped from their arms

you are the takers
he was the giver
but you will not take this moment from me

there is a whipser in the wind
that will grow into a fire no hand of man
can quench
but what does that matter to you?

get...back...
i claim a mother's right
and no force of hell
will take it from me

Jesus, we were to grow old
oh why this
Galilean boy with golden eyes
i tried

my son
my Lord
my baby..."
-k.rolly

"Furia"
STATION THIRTEEN
Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross

Mixed media oilgraph on canvas with blood
36"x36"

Pieta has only one definition: Mary with the crucified body of Jesus. "Pieta" comes from the Latin word for piety. Though I do not doubt this was a moment that spoke to that state, I believe that there was nothing contemplative or distantly forlorn about this moment as we have seen in countless depictions. Mary...was a mother whose son was brutally murdered. I chose the word "Furia," the Latin word for "Rage."

Her wrist runs with her own blood as she unconsciously holds the thorns. His blood runs over her hand almost as if He still lived. To her left, the soldier with the piercing spear backs away. Behind her, almost unseen, is the presence of a woman holding a stalk of wheat, speaking to the time when Jesus was chastised by the Pharisees for picking wheat on the Sabbath.

We are asked to contemplate "Now that it is accomplished...what have we learned? What will you do now?"

Scriptural references
Matthew 27: 54-56
John 19:31-37

CAST
Mary - Sylvia Sanchez
Soldier - Rod Ramsey
Woman of Promise - Lisa Cullinan