Anglo-Catholics

[Shane R]

Since we are discussing Catholic devotions, let's pose the question of the OP substituting the "Stations of the Cross" for the "Hail Mary." I have belonged to a parish that displayed the icons for the Stations during Lent. I like the Stations better than the Hail Mary, though I can personally say both. I prefer the Trisagion prayers to both of the other devotions.

 

[everbecoming2007]

Since we are discussing Catholic devotions, let's pose the question of the OP substituting the "Stations of the Cross" for the "Hail Mary." I have belonged to a parish that displayed the icons for the Stations during Lent. I like the Stations better than the Hail Mary, though I can personally say both. I prefer the Trisagion prayers to both of the other devotions.

In my parish we erect stations and pray through them communally during Lent, but the apocryphal scenes such as Veronica's Veil are omitted. In the old chapel we had displayed images of all fourteen traditional stations on the wall that I sometimes prayed at, but I don't know if anyone else said them.

There is also a version of the Stations of the Cross in Catholicism created by former Pope John Paul II as an ecumenical gesture toward Protestants that eliminates non-biblical scenes, but I'm not sure if that's the exact version we are using for communal devotions in Lent.

 

[Shane R]

There is also a version of the Stations of the Cross in Catholicism created by former Pope John Paul II as an ecumenical gesture toward Protestants that eliminates non-biblical scenes, but I'm not sure if that's the exact version we are using for communal devotions in Lent.

There are a couple of variations of that in common use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriptural_Way_of_the_Cross

see also: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/documents/ns_lit_doc_via-crucis_en.html​