... the Stations of the Cross - Meditations for Holy Week

At Christ Church, the Way of the Cross is included on one evening in Holy Week. On this page the images of the Stations of the Cross (which are in the Side Chapel at Christ Church) are shown, along with the text of the prayers and meditations used at each Station, for your use in meditation or quiet times as Holy Week and the year unfolds.

 

the First Station

Jesus is condemned to death

Matthew 27:21-24

the Second Station

Jesus is made to carry His Cross

John 19:16-17

The Third Station

Jesus falls the first time


 

 

the Fourth Station

Jesus meets his sorrowful mother

 

 

The Fifth Station

Luke 23:26

Simon is forced to carry Jesus' Cross

 

 

the Sixth Station

Veronica wipes Jesus' face

 

 

the Seventh Station

Jesus is nailed to the Cross

John 19:17

the Eighth Station

Jesus meets the wailing women of Jesusalem

Luke 23:27-28

the Ninth Station

Jesus falls a third time

the Tenth Station

Jesus is stripped of His clothes

Matthew 27:27-31

the Eleventh Station

Jesis is nailed to the Cross

John 19:17

the Twelfth Station

Jesus dies on the Cross

Luke 23:44-49

the Thirteenth Station

Jesus is taken down from the Cross

John 19:33-34, 38

the Fourteenth Station

Jesus' body is put in a tomb

John 19:38-42

the Fifteenth Station

Jesus is Risen

 

 

the Closing Prayers

 

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