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Nearly every Catholic church depicts the 14 Stations of the Cross — moments of Jesus’ passion and death on the cross — so that the faithful can pray and reflect on them. Now, Catholics worldwide can also pray the stations while seeing, through video, where tradition says they actually happened.
The Christian Media Center (CMC), a communication service of the Custody of the Holy Land, recently published a video of the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land praying the Stations of the Cross, also known as the Way of the Cross or Via Crucis, in the Via Dolorosa (“Sorrowful Way”).
The path weaving through the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem is believed to be the same path Jesus walked to his crucifixion.
“Every Holy Place here can make the Scriptures come to life,” Cristiano Assunçāo, director of the CMC, told Our Sunday Visitor. “I would say that it is a spiritual journey, a way for conversion, to be close to Jesus.”
Viewers worldwide can participate in this experience remotely and follow the friars as they pray the stations in Italian, English and Arabic at 14 locations: (1) Jesus is condemned to death; (2) Jesus carries the cross; (3) Jesus falls for the first time; (4) Jesus meets his mother; (5) Simon helps Jesus carry the cross; (6) Veronica wipes the face of Jesus; (7) Jesus falls the second time; (8) Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem; (9) Jesus falls the third time; (10) Jesus is stripped of his garments; (11) Jesus is nailed to the cross; (12) Jesus dies on the cross; (13) Jesus is taken down from the cross; and (14) Jesus is laid in the tomb.
Continued below.
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The Christian Media Center (CMC), a communication service of the Custody of the Holy Land, recently published a video of the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land praying the Stations of the Cross, also known as the Way of the Cross or Via Crucis, in the Via Dolorosa (“Sorrowful Way”).
The path weaving through the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem is believed to be the same path Jesus walked to his crucifixion.
“Every Holy Place here can make the Scriptures come to life,” Cristiano Assunçāo, director of the CMC, told Our Sunday Visitor. “I would say that it is a spiritual journey, a way for conversion, to be close to Jesus.”
Viewers worldwide can participate in this experience remotely and follow the friars as they pray the stations in Italian, English and Arabic at 14 locations: (1) Jesus is condemned to death; (2) Jesus carries the cross; (3) Jesus falls for the first time; (4) Jesus meets his mother; (5) Simon helps Jesus carry the cross; (6) Veronica wipes the face of Jesus; (7) Jesus falls the second time; (8) Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem; (9) Jesus falls the third time; (10) Jesus is stripped of his garments; (11) Jesus is nailed to the cross; (12) Jesus dies on the cross; (13) Jesus is taken down from the cross; and (14) Jesus is laid in the tomb.
Continued below.
Pray the Stations of the Cross where they happened
Join the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land in praying the Stations of the Cross where Jesus actually walked — from the comfort of your own home.
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