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Stations of the Cross

The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Placed in the Tomb

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

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Luke 23:50-54; Mark 16:1-4
Luke 23:50   Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph, who, though a member of the council,  51 had not agreed to their plan and action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and he […]

The Thirteenth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross

Friday, April 10th, 2009

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Luke 23:44-47
44   It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,  45 while the sun’s light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.  46 Then Jesus, crying with a […]

The Twelfth Station: Jesus on the Cross, His Mother, and His Disciple

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

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John 19:25-27
25 Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.  26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said […]

The Eleventh Station: Jesus Promises His Kingdom to the Good Thief

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

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Luke 23:39-43
39   One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”  40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, […]

The Tenth Station: Jesus is Crucified

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

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Luke 23:33-4, 47
23:33 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive […]

The Ninth Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem

Monday, April 6th, 2009

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Luke 23:27-31
27 A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. 28 But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, […]

The Eighth Station: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus to Carry His Cross

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

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Luke 23:26
As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus.
Reflection
What a shock […]

The Seventh Station: Jesus Takes Up the Cross

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

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Mark 15:20
After mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
Reflection
Jesus had said this would happen. For quite some time […]

The Sixth Station: Jesus is Scourged and Crowned with Thorns

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

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Luke 22:63-65; John 19:2-3
Luke 22:63 Now the men who were holding Jesus began to mock him and beat him; 64 they also blindfolded him and kept asking him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?” […]

The Fifth Station: Jesus is Judged by Pilate

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

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Luke 23:13-25
13 Pilate then called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, 14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people; and here I […]

The Fourth Station: Peter Denies Jesus

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

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Luke 22:54-62
54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance. 55 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of […]

The Third Station: Jesus is Condemned by the Sanhedrin

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

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Luke 22:66-71
66 When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, gathered together, and they brought him to their council. 67 They said, “If you are the Messiah, […]

The Second Station: Jesus, Betrayed by Judas, is Arrested

Monday, March 30th, 2009

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Luke 22:47-48
47  While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him; 48 but Jesus said to him, […]

The First Station: Jesus on the Mount of Olives

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

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Luke 22:39-46
39 He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. 40 When he reached the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may […]

The Stations of the Cross: Reflections for Lent and Holy Week

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Preface
My tradtion during the last few years has been to put up a special Lent and Holy Week devotional series as we approach Good Friday and Easter. Last year I did a series called The Seven Last Words of Christ: Reflections for Holy Week. Two years ago I focused on The Stations of the […]