Station VI

Station VI: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you:Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Read: We have seen him without beauty or majesty, with no looks to attract our eyes. He was despised and rejected by those in power; a man of sorrows, […]

Station V

Station V: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you:Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Reading: As they led Jesus away, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, who was coming in from the country, and laid on […]

Station IV

Station IV: Jesus meets His Blessed Mother Reading: To what can I liken you, to what can I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What likeness can I use to comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For vast as the sea is your ruin. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. […]

Station III

Station III:  Jesus falls for the first time Reading: Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped; but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, and was born in human likeness. And being found in human form he humbled himself and […]

Station II

Station II:  Jesus takes up His cross Reading: Jesus went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. Like a lamb he was led to the slaughter; and like a sheep […]

Station I

Station I:   Jesus is condemned to death Reading: As soon as it was morning, the chief priests, with the elder and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate. And they all condemned him and said, “He deserved to die.” When Pilate […]

Easter: Living Fully into our Sacred Space

John 20: 9-18…But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” […]

Prepare: Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil)

John 19:38-42 After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and removed his body. Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus […]

Prepare: Good Friday

John 19:25-30 Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Here […]

Prepare: Maundy Thursday

John 13: 31b-35   Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for […]