It is Good Friday 2021, during a pandemic, and I have another chance to reminisce of the events that Jesus endured over 2000 years ago. Why was it called “Good”? I guess, to fulfill the outcome of Jesus’ suffering & dying (as prophesied in the Old Testament); but the good news is that He rose again and is alive in us today.
After spending 12 years in Catholic School, I realize that I learned of Christ then,
but now, I really know Him. Rituals are also different than they were years ago.
There is not as much kneeling, but one still gets their exercise from standing
and sitting repeatedly.
The service at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church was an hour and twenty
minutes of time well spent in worship. There was also a dramatization from
actors giving an account of each station as seen from the eyes of those that
might have been a witness during Christs’ time. The programs that were offered,
assisted those who were following along.
There are several denominations that display the Stations of the Cross
and they are: Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist and Roman Catholic. Since we are coming
through COVID-19, most churches are still having everyone wear a mask & keep
socially distant.
Stations of the Cross, also called Way of the Cross, is a
series of 14 pictures or carvings portraying events in the Passion of Christ,
from his condemnation by Pontius Pilate to his entombment.
The series of stations is as follows: (1) Jesus is condemned to death, (2) He
is made to bear his cross, (3) He falls the first time, (4) He meets
his mother, (5) Simon of Cyrene is made to bear the cross, (6) Veronica wipes
Jesus’ face, (7) He falls the second time, (8) the women of Jerusalem weep
over Jesus, (9) He falls the third time, (10) He is stripped of his garments,
(11) He is nailed to the cross, (12) He dies on the cross, (13) He is taken
down from the cross, and (14) He is placed in the sepulcher.
The images are usually mounted on the inside walls of a church or chapel.
