We will be journeying with Jesus on his way to the cross. We will be using the devotional practice called The Stations of the Cross. The stations are based on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem which is believed to be the actual path Jesus walked to Golgotha. For over 500 years, Catholic and Protestant Christians have been using the Stations to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation on the Passion of Christ.
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Station 1: Jesus is condemned to death
Station 2: Jesus takes up the cross
Station 3: Jesus falls
Station 4: Jesus meets his mother
Station 5: Simon is forced to help Jesus carry the cross
Station 6: A woman wipes the face of Jesus
Station 7: Jesus falls again
Station 8: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
Station 9: Jesus falls a third time
Station 10: Jesus is stripped of his clothes
Station 11: Jesus is nailed to the cross
Station 12: Jesus dies on the cross
Station 13: Jesus is taken down from the cross
Station 14: Jesus is laid in the tomb
Liturgy: Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill, Eggs and ashes: Practical & liturgical resources for Lent and Holy Week (Glasgow: Wild Goose Press, 2004) p. 166-185
Artwork: Stations of the Cross, © 1980 John Ilg, Oil pastels on paper
