Way of the Cross could be performed far more devoutly at Nuremburg or Louvain than in Jerusalem itself.
One of the most popularly attended Ways of the Cross at the present day is that in the Colosseum at Rome, where every Friday the devotion of the Stations is conducted publicly by a Franciscan Father.
The Way of the Cross is one of the devotional practices dearest to the Holy Father’s heart.
In his 1984 Way of the Cross, Pope John Paul II wrote: “Jesus of Nazareth — at the end of his earthly pilgrimage — had to become completely one with the Cross, joining himself to it, merging with it, in a single sign of salvation for the world”.
In the 2000 Way of the Cross we find echoes of Polish culture and popular devotion: quotations from Lenten hymns, reflections by intellectuals and allusions to images dear to the Christian faithful such as the Sorrowful Benefactress (“Smetna Dobrodziejka”) venerated in the Church of the Franciscan Friars of Krakow.
Exercise of the Way of the Cross (Viae Crucis exercitium)
In the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross we recall anew the sufferings, which the divine Redeemer endured, while going from the praetorium of Pilate, where he was condemned to death, to the mount of Calvary, where he died on the cross for our salvation.
For the erection of the Way of the Cross fourteen crosses are required, to which it is customary to add fourteen pictures or images, which represent the stations of Jerusalem.
Franciscan churches in the land of Israel are decorated by the Jerusalem or the Holy Land Cross and the FranciscanCross proper: two crossed hands with stigmas — the bare one is that of Jesus, and a covered — of St. Francis.
The Second Station on the Way of the Cross is near the remains of an ancient Roman triumphal arch, the place is known as the Arch of Ecce Homo, in memory of the words (Behold the Man) pronounced by Pilate when he showed Jesus to the crowd.
The Shrine of the Holy Sepulchre (the Fourteenth and last Station of the Cross), placed in the middle of the rotunda of Anastasis, is placed over an ancient tomb, which is considered to be the Tomb of Christ.
Inasmuch as the Way of the Cross, made in this way, constitutes a miniature pilgrimage to the holy places at Jerusalem, the origin of the devotion may be traced to the Holy Land.
At the monastery of San Stefano at Bologna a group of connected chapels were constructed as early as the fifth century, by Saint Petronius, Bishop of Bologna, which were intended to represent the more important shrines of Jerusalem, and in consequence, this monastery became familiarly known as "Hierusalem".
One of the most popularly attended Ways of the Cross at the present day is that in the Colosseum at Rome, where every Friday the devotion of the Stations is conducted publicly by a Franciscan Father.
Beliefnet Presents 'The Way of the Cross': An Audiovisual Meditation on Jesus' Passion, Crucifixion and Resurrection -- Beliefnet.com
The concept for Beliefnet's "Bitter Journey: The Way of the Cross" is based on traditions associated with Tenebrae services, the Stations of the Cross,* and the Lamentations of Good Friday.
*In omitting some of the traditional Catholic stations, the Beliefnet feature referred to Pope John Paul II's revised celebration of the Way of the Cross, which he led in Rome in 1991.
The Way of the Cross - A shrine of the Catholic Diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota
The Way of the Cross, built into a New Ulm hillside in 1903 and 1904, depicts the trial, crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, but it's conveyed using lifelike statuary crafted in Bavaria.
Fourteen "stations," moments experienced by Christ on his way to the cross, punctuate the story.
After all, it is by following the Way of the Cross that pilgrims have understood what the carrying of the cross was really like, through streets resembling those where crowds of people, often impassible, sometimes curious, still gather in front of the shops.
Finally, what really matters is to follow Christ on the Way of the Cross of his Passion, as humble companions.
BISHOP’S PROGRAM EXAMINES THE WAY OF THE CROSS(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Physical "stations" of the Cross are present in every Catholic church building and can take the form of stone, wood, or metal, sculptured or carved, or may be paintings or engravings.
To simulate walking the way to Calvary with Jesus, the fourteen stations are usually arranged at intervals around the walls of a church.
Devotion to the Way of the Cross began informally after Jesus’ death when Christians made a pilgrimage marking the key stops along His way to crucifixion.
To tell the truth, I sometimes worry that it may have affected me in some way, but I'll be damned if I can figure out how.
The "way out" that Brown adumbrates is set forth in Life Against Death's last chapter, "The Resurrection of the Body." There he argues that psychoanalysis must situate itself inside the larger tradition of Occidental and
When a group of Mongol invaders besieged a Genoese trading colony on the Black Sea in 1346, they devised an ingenious way to clear the city.
