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The Fourth Station of The Cross - Jesus Meets His Mother for solo piano, is the fourth movement of a prayerful devotion on The Stations of the Cross, referring to the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday. The music is characterized by recurring themes that appears in other movements of the entire piano cycle of 15 pieces or movements entitled The Stations of the Cross for Solo Piano by John Cartée.
Two notes are played together throughout this movement. They represent how the hearts of both Jesus and his Mother are united, his Sacred Heart and her Immaculate Heart. Marys Theme is introduced here (which is also heard in Movements 7 and 12). The notes of Mary's Theme are based on a minor mode. There is also a falling sequence of notes that resembles The Theme of The Cross but it is more unsettling. The pain of The Cross was exacerbated by the humiliation of meeting his Mother on Good Friday, who knew her Son was the Messiah as foretold by the Archangel Gabriel at the Annunciation, and Simeon in the Temple many years earlier (LUKE 2:22-40). The sustain pedal is held almost entirely throughout the movement, adding to the mysterious but loving encounter expressing the unique bond between Mother and Son.
Also introduced is The Theme of the Trinity, (three ascending notes) representing the relationship between Mary and The Blessed Trinity. Mary said yes to God when she was visited by the Archangel Gabriel. Mary now experiences how her faith and her yes to God is causing her distress at this moment, not because of God's doing but by the prophesized betrayal and murder of God's only Son that was birthed by the New Eve, Mary. Towards the end of the movement, the two themes are merged together - Mary's Theme and The Theme of The Trinity encapsulated by the two notes of the joined hearts.
Soon I will hear that sweet harmony. Soon I will go to beautiful heaven to see you. You who came to smile at me in the morning of my life, come smile at me again Mother Its evening now! I no longer fear the splendour of your supreme glory. With you Ive suffered, and now I want to sing on your lap, Mary, why I love you, and to go on saying that I am your child!.
St Thérèse of Lisieux
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