a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross Jesus cries out on the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me,” and breathes his last. In this act of surrender and desperation, the curtain is torn. In the very act of Jesus crying out… Continue reading
a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross It’s getting harder, this journey to the cross. The images of what is happening to Jesus are getting more painful. I’m being asked to follow Jesus into this part of the journey that can only have been unimaginably… Continue reading
a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross At the center of our faith practice is the sacrament of Communion, where we extend our hands as we hear the words “the body of Christ, given for you…the blood of Christ shed for you.” While the scene… Continue reading
a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross This station invites us to think about those who are far away and not directly connected to us who are carrying burdens and falling under the weight of those burdens. First my awareness goes to friends who live… Continue reading
a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross Grief is a journey. What losses are you facing in your life? What are you mourning? On the verge of a new season of life, grief has been hovering near the surface of my emotions for the last… Continue reading
a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross In this station we are invited again to consider who we know who is struggling, and how we can support or encourage them. While not directly in the Gospel accounts of Jesus, the narrator shares a passage from… Continue reading
a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross The story of Veronica’s encounter with Jesus on the way to Calvary is not in the Gospels, but tradition says she might have been the same woman who had touched Jesus’ robe earlier and been healed. If she… Continue reading
a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross I grew up with this song as the re-enactment of this part of the story. Simon is an innocent bystander, in the city of Jerusalem to sacrifice his lamb for Passover, and gets called into this grand narrative… Continue reading
a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross experience. In the commentary on this station, the narrator talks about the prophecy Mary receives from Simeon about her heart being broken as she watches Jesus approach his death. The question the narrator asks is, “Has your heart been broken… Continue reading
a series of reflections based on this online stations of the cross experience. This is the first station that doesn’t connect specifically with a situation in scripture, but has been part of church tradition for a long time. And isn’t that true–that there are things that this story of Jesus does and… Continue reading