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"We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You, because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world."
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Jesus is Condemed to Death
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Jesus Takes up His Cross
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Jesus Falls the First Time
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Jesus Meets His Mother
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Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus
Carry The Cross |
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Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
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Jesus Falls a Second Time
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Jesus Consoles the
Women of Jerusalem |
Jesus Falls a Third Time
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Jesus is Stripped of
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| Jesus is Crucified |
Jesus Died on the Cross |
Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross |
Jesus is Buried |
One of the more familiar exercises of Christian piety in the Stations of the Cross. As practiced today, the devotion centers on 14 meditations of the suffering of Christ on His way to Calvary and his death on the cross. Each station is a halting place at which the faithful are moved to sorrowful contemplation. The devotion is practiced in imitation of the pilgrims who travel to the Holy Land during Holy Week to visit the places hallowed by Christ's final day of His life on earth. The idea of a series of shrines or images representing the places and events of the Passionbecame fairly general by the 15th Century. The thoughtful meditation of each station offers a deep, moving example of the way a person can die with dignity even under the most cruel circimstances of infamy and shame.
In the center aisle Roman numerals on the terrazo floor mark the station's number. Start from the South East side. The mosaic art work is by Alberto Garcia Alvarez; the mosaic itself was done by Fauret Mosaic Studios, Pietrasanta, Italy.
Photos by Saint Joseph Photography • www.stjoephoto.com