1. Jesus is condemned by the Sanhedrin,
Jesus is denied by Peter,
Jesus is judged by Pilate,
Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns,
Jesus takes up his cross,
Jesus is helped by Simon to carry his cross,
Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem,
Jesus is crucified,
Jesus promises his kingdom to the repentant thief,
Jesus entrusts Mary and John to each other,
Jesus dies on the cross,
Jesus is laid in the tomb.
Modern usage[edit]
Fallen Christ sculpture by Nicolò Fumo, 1698.
The devotion may be conducted personally by the faithful, making their way from
one station to another and saying the prayers, or by having an officiating
celebrant move from cross to cross while the faithful make the responses. The
stations themselves must consist of, at the very least, fourteen wooden crosses,
pictures alone do not suffice, and they must be blessed by someone with the
authority to erect stations.[15][dubious – discuss]
In the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II led an annual public prayer of
the Stations of the Cross at the Roman Colosseum on Good Friday. Originally, the
Pope himself carried the cross from station to station, but in his last years
when age and infirmity limited his strength, John Paul presided over the
celebration from a stage on the Palatine Hill, while others carried the cross.
Just days prior to his death in 2005, Pope John Paul II observed the Stations of
the Cross from his private chapel. Each year a different person is invited to
write the meditation texts for the Stations. Past composers of the Papal
Stations include several non-Catholics. The Pope himself wrote the texts for the
Great Jubilee in 2000 and used the traditional Stations.
Station 5: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross, Good Friday procession
2011 at Ulm, Germany
The celebration of the Stations of the Cross is especially common on the Fridays
of Lent, especially Good Friday. Community celebrations are usually accompanied
by various songs and prayers. Particularly common as musical accompaniment is
the Stabat Mater. At the end of each station the Adoramus Te is sometimes sung.
The Alleluia is also sung, except during Lent.
Structurally, Mel Gibson's 2004 film, The Passion of the Christ, follows the
Stations of the Cross.[16] The fourteenth and last station, the Burial, is not
prominently depicted (compared to the other thirteen) but it is implied since
the last shot before credit titles is Jesus resurrected and about to leave the
tomb.
Debates[edit]
Station 10 from a Rococo German church
Place of Christ's resurrection[edit]
Some modern liturgists[17] say the traditional Stations of the Cross are
incomplete without a final scene depicting the empty tomb and/or the
resurrection of Jesus, because Jesus' rising from the dead was an integral part
of his salvific work on Earth. Advocates of the traditional form of the Stations
ending with the body of Jesus being placed in the tomb say the Stations are
intended as a meditation on the atoning death of Jesus, and not as a complete
picture of his life, death, and resurrection.

2. The Stations of the Resurrection (also known by the Latin name of Via Lucis) are
used in some churches at Eastertide to meditate on the Resurrection and
Ascension of Jesus Christ.
Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church[edit]
As part of a process of de-Latinization, the Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church
eliminated the devotion of the Stations of the Cross[citation needed]. In
response to this, a schismatic group called the Society of Saint Josaphat (SSJK)
has formed with a seminary of its own in Lviv with thirty students at present.
[citation needed]
Music[edit]
Franz Liszt wrote a Via Crucis for choir, soloists and piano or organ or
harmonium in 1879. In 1931, French organist Marcel Dupré improvised and
transcribed musical meditations based on fourteen poems by Paul Claudel, one for
each station. David Bowie regarded his 1976 song, "Station to Station" as "very
much concerned with the stations of the cross".[18] Michael Valenti (known
predominantly as a Broadway composer) wrote, with librettist Diane Seymour, an
oratorio depicting the fourteen Stations of the Cross entitled "The Way". It was
premiered in 1991. Stefano Vagnini's 2002 modular oratorio, Via Crucis,[19]
composition for organ, computer, choir, string orchestra and brass quartet,
depicts the fourteen Stations of the Cross.
As the Stations of the Cross are prayed during the season of Lent in Catholic
churches, each station is traditionally followed by a verse of the Stabat Mater,
composed in the 13th century by Franciscan Jacopane da Todi.
Gallery[edit]
Chapel in 3rd Station of Via Dolorosa
Chapel in 4th Station of Via Dolorosa
Chapel in 5th Station of Via Dolorosa
Chapel in 6th Station of Via Dolorosa
Chapel in 7th Station of Via Dolorosa
Stations in Church of St. Casimir the Prince
From The Cloisters in New York City.
Station in Upper Swabia, Germany
Station in Fuensanta Sanctuary, Murcia, Spain
Elaborate 19th century stations I and II, Sacré-Coeur Paris
Tomb of Jesus
The students at Sacred Heart Apostolic School praying the Stations of the Cross
on Good Friday, 2009

3. 14th Station at the Franciscan Monastery in Wozniki, Poland
See also[edit]
Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ
Life of Jesus in the New Testament
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
Seven Sorrows of Mary
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ http://pastorzip.blogspot.com/2007/04/stations-of-cross.html
Jump up ^ Bologna: Le nuove guide Oro, page 166, Touring Club Italiano, Touring
Editore, 2004, ISBN 8836530079, ISBN 9788836530076.
^ Jump up to: a b THURSTON, Herbert: The Stations of the Cross
Jump up ^ Schiller, Gertrud, Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. II, p. 82, 1972
(English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London, ISBN 0-85331-324-5
Jump up ^ The Catholic Encyclopedia (1907). s.v. "The Way of the Cross".
Jump up ^ Ann Ball, 2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices ISBN
087973910X
Jump up ^ Miserentissimus Redemptor, Encyclical of Pope Pius XI
Jump up ^ Pope John Paul II, Letter to Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini, for the 50th
anniversary of the Benedictine Sisters of Reparation of the Holy Face, 27
September 2000 (Vatican archives)
Jump up ^ Schiller, 82
Jump up ^ "The Official Web Site for the Archdiocese of Detroit". Retrieved
2012-02-13. "In some contemporary Stations of the Cross, a fifteenth station has
been added to commemorate the Resurrection of the Lord."
Jump up ^ "Fr. William Saunders". Retrieved 2009-04-04. "Because of the
intrinsic relationship between the passion and death of our Lord with His
resurrection, several of the devotional booklets now include a 15th station,
which commemorates the Resurrection."
Jump up ^ Joseph M Champlin, The Stations of the Cross With Pope John Paul II
Liguori Publications, 1994, ISBN 0-89243-679-4
Jump up ^ Pope John Paul II, Meditation and Prayers for the Stations of the
Cross at the Colosseum, Good Friday, 2000
Jump up ^ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15569a.htm
Jump up ^ Review, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2004
Jump up ^ McBrien, Richard P.; Harold W. Attridge (1995). The HarperCollins
encyclopedia of Catholicism. p. 1222. ISBN 978-0-06-065338-5.
Jump up ^ Cavanagh, David (February 1997). "ChangesFiftyBowie". Q magazine:
52–59
Jump up ^ Falcon Valley Music Ed., Stefano Vagnini, Via Crucis, Rome, Italy,
2002
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