Typical station at Naxxar parish church, Malta |
Design for Station at St Julian's parish church by Emvin and Marco Cremona |
The customary 14 Stations are as follows:
1. Jesus is condemned to death
2. Jesus accepts His Cross
3. Jesus falls the first time.
4. Jesus meets his mother Mary.
5. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross
6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus.
7. Jesus falls the second time.
8. Jesus consoles 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.
14. Jesus is laid to rest in a tomb.
In 1975, Pope Paul VI approved a new series of Stations that are based on the Gospel. They start with the Last Supper and end with the Resurrection, while dropping the two falls of Jesus. The Pope leads the Stations every Good Friday in the Colosseo in Rome, while many pilgrims to the Holy Land pray the Stations right along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrows), the same street on which Jesus was led to be crucified. Some parishes organize Stations around town, as I used to do in my parishes in Oregon, visiting various landmarks while we pray for people who work there or attend particular places like hospitals, libraries, schools, food stores, nursing homes, churches, etc.
1. Jesus is condemned to death
2. Jesus accepts His Cross
3. Jesus falls the first time.
4. Jesus meets his mother Mary.
5. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross
6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus.
7. Jesus falls the second time.
8. Jesus consoles 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.
14. Jesus is laid to rest in a tomb.
In 1975, Pope Paul VI approved a new series of Stations that are based on the Gospel. They start with the Last Supper and end with the Resurrection, while dropping the two falls of Jesus. The Pope leads the Stations every Good Friday in the Colosseo in Rome, while many pilgrims to the Holy Land pray the Stations right along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrows), the same street on which Jesus was led to be crucified. Some parishes organize Stations around town, as I used to do in my parishes in Oregon, visiting various landmarks while we pray for people who work there or attend particular places like hospitals, libraries, schools, food stores, nursing homes, churches, etc.
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