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Lent commemorates the passion and death of Jesus Christ. In a Catholic world, meditating the Way of the Cross, the last moments on the life of Jesus Christ, is part of the tradition. The Way of the Cross has fourteen stations. The Passion, Mel Gibson’s movie made millions of dollars. It’s very graphic. Catholic means universal. One doesn’t have to be a Catholic to understand these Stations of the Cross. These stations include all religions and belief system on Earth. How would you as a person or organization or leader build a better world, a caring place, and a safe environment. In a more global view, the fourteen stations could be depicted as follows:The First Station: Jesus Is Condemned To Death
~ Kevin Carter
The Second Station: Jesus Carries His Cross
~ Homelessness
The Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time
~ The Fall of Saigon
The Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother
~ World Press
The Fifth Station: Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross
~ Doctors Without Boarders
The Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
~ Haiti Earthquake Response
The Seventh Station: Jesus Falls A Second Time
~ World Trade Centre 9/11
The Eighth Station: Jesus Speaks to the Holy Women
~ Desmond Tutu
The Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time
~ Global Warming
The Tenth Station: Jesus is Stripped of His Garments
~ Israel Occupation
The Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
~ Child prostitution
The Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross
~ Abortion
The Thirteenth Station: Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross
~ Japan earthquake
The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Laid in the Sepulcher
~ Lest We Forget
The world is in your hands, the future depends on you. The choice is yours.
Kýrie, eléison
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Brought tears to my eyes. My husband and children are Catholic but I am not, Thank you for giving me a way to relate to the Stations.
I’m sorry if I made you teary. This is the only way I can relate, just like you, about carrying one’s cross and suffering in life as a whole.
Don’t worry, they were good tears. It’s good to face the suffering in the world sometimes.
I hope you have a wonderful Easter.
Very powerful images for each cross … Wow, thank you! 🙂
Hi TK. This is the new concept of the cross. Thank you.
This post is really, REALLY something else, Seeker. Really something else. Excellent, too.
That picture of the naked running Vietnam attacked, I loathe it, loathe it. And I read about the first photograph, how it came about and the photographer himself.
These pictures all – choice, timely, timeless statement to humans who care to take a view. Cheers to you.
Happy Easter.
HI, I understand what you mean. It’s beyond disbelief but that child running is now a mother like yourself living here in Canada. Have a Happy Easter to you as well. Peace.
brilliant
Even with those things happening in the world, I always believe that Good will prevail in the end.
Thank you. Eventually and Not in our life time.