Reflections
Station 1: Jesus is condemned to die.
Jesus, as you stand bloodied and bruised before your executioner, Pilate, how did you feel when he...
Station 2: Jesus takes up His cross.
After the Roman soldiers flogged Jesus, taunted him, slapped Him and humiliated Him, they brought...
Station 3: Jesus falls for the first time.
I believe that it is on the way to the cross that we see most clearly Jesus’ human weakness. We...
Station 4: Jesus meets His mother.
As I contemplate the 4th station of The Way of the Cross, where Jesus meets His mother, it makes...
Station 5: Simon helps Jesus.
After Jesus’ wrenching encounter with His mother, he stumbles on in the walk to his crucifixion....
Station 6: Veronica helps Jesus.
The Via Dolorosa which Christ walked on the way to His crucifixion was a main street through...
Station 7: Jesus falls again.
In the Way of the Cross, Jesus falls three times. These falls have come to remind me of God’s plan...
Station 8: Jesus consoles the women.
The Via Dolorosa was about 600 meters long- only a little more than a third of a mile. But when...
Station 9: Jesus falls the third time.
Jesus speaks. Completely drained of strength I lie, collapsed upon the cobblestones. My body...
Station 10: Jesus is stripped.
I remember reading a book once where the main character was a young black women who lived in the...
Station 11: Jesus is crucified.
Have you ever wondered why God allows suffering? As the last few grains of sand in the hourglass...
Station 12: Jesus dies.
Just before He died, Jesus uttered two revealing statements. The first is recorded in the Gospel...
Station 13: Jesus is taken down from the cross.
Jesus called out, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed...
Station 14: Jesus is buried.
On our walk this Lent we have followed Jesus from Pilate’s Palace in Jerusalem to the cross on...