April 14, 7:30 pm
The devotion known as the Stations of the Cross is an adaptation to local usage of a custom widely observed by pilgrims to Jerusalem: the offering of prayer at a series of places in that city traditionally associated with our Lord’s passion and death. The number of stations–which at first varied widely–finally became fixed at 14. Of these, eight are based directly on events recorded in the Gospels. The remaining six (numbers 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 13) are based on inferences from the Gospel account or from pious legend. Traditionally, the stations are made before a series of plain wooden crosses placed along the walls of the church or in some other convenient place. Because of the architectural limitations of our space, we will remain seated in the Chapel for the stations.
