Liturgy Lesson for Passion Sunday: Way of the Cross
March 9, 2008
On the nave walls, you may have noticed we have placed stations for the Way of the Cross, an ancient devotion intended for us to each make a small pilgrimage with our Lord through His Passion and Death. This is a very Scriptural practice-St. Paul taught us to glory in Christ and Him crucified, and we are also instructed to be willing to share in Christ’s sufferings, taking up our own crosses and following Him. This small, but intense devotion is a way we can do that, rehearsing His propitiation in a series of 14 meditations, walking from one station to another to help the faithful to make in spirit, a pilgrimage to the chief scenes of Christ’s sufferings and death, . To aid in that devotion, we have placed small booklets in each pew from now until Easter. The origin of this devotion may be traced to the Holy Land , where the Via Dolorosa at Jerusalem was reverently marked out from the earliest times and has been the goal of pilgrims ever since the days of Constantine. For us, we use the stations and devotions to help us put our lives in perspective and to reproduce devotions in holy places in other lands for those who were hindered from making the actual pilgrimage. For us, as we make our devotions to the Lord, may we ask the Holy Ghost to help us to take up our cross and follow Him in our Lenten examen, growing in Him, as we rehearse His Passion for us all!
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