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Paterson Diocese offers unique way to pray the Stations of the Cross as a family on Good Friday.
As we journey through Holy Week with Good Friday quickly approaching, the tradition of praying the Stations of the Cross offers a prayerful way to come together and really meditate on what the passion of Our Lord really is. Finding creative ways to introduce the Way of the Cross to children, especially young ones, can be daunting as a parent, but the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, provides a unique and vivid way of experiencing this: a live Via Crucis, the dramatization of the Passion through the streets of the city.
The 2024 reenactment is planned for Good Friday, March 29, and will include thousands of faithful. Many parishioners of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson take part in acting roles as well as prayerful participants.
“The reenactment of Our Lord’s passion, especially his suffering and death on the Way of the Cross, is so important for many reasons,” Bishop Kevin Sweeney told the Register, adding, “We can know intellectually that Jesus suffered and died because he loves us and forgives us for our sins, but to see and feel all that he endured engages us at the level of the heart and on an emotional level.”
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As we journey through Holy Week with Good Friday quickly approaching, the tradition of praying the Stations of the Cross offers a prayerful way to come together and really meditate on what the passion of Our Lord really is. Finding creative ways to introduce the Way of the Cross to children, especially young ones, can be daunting as a parent, but the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, provides a unique and vivid way of experiencing this: a live Via Crucis, the dramatization of the Passion through the streets of the city.
The 2024 reenactment is planned for Good Friday, March 29, and will include thousands of faithful. Many parishioners of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson take part in acting roles as well as prayerful participants.
“The reenactment of Our Lord’s passion, especially his suffering and death on the Way of the Cross, is so important for many reasons,” Bishop Kevin Sweeney told the Register, adding, “We can know intellectually that Jesus suffered and died because he loves us and forgives us for our sins, but to see and feel all that he endured engages us at the level of the heart and on an emotional level.”
Continued below.
Following Jesus’ Footsteps: ‘Via Crucis’ Comes Alive on New Jersey Streets
Paterson Diocese offers unique way to pray the Stations of the Cross as a family on Good Friday.
