Thursday, February 1, 2007
Lenten Stations of the Cross
With these stations, Catholics are able to “meditate on the sufferings and to follow the journey of our Lord Jesus Christ up to Calvary,” Rev. Fr. Lawrence Yeo, Rt. Parish Priest, Saint Joseph's Church, Bukit Timah.The Holy Season of Lent approaches and once again we find ourselves close to the threshold of our Salvation- Holy Week. It was during this time that our Lord instituted the Most Holy Eucharist on Maundy Thursday, endured His Sorrowful Passion and Crucifixion on Good Friday, Descended into the dead on Holy Saturday and Ascended gloriously on Easter Sunday.
I'm of the recommendation of walking the 14 Stations of the Cross during Lent. This has been the principle and traditional Catholic way of preparing for Good Friday. Each Station depicts a significant event of Our Lord's journey up Mount Calvary.
A Candlelight prayer walk will be organized to journey the 14 life-sized Stations of the Cross.
Do consider this walk. Use it as a time of reflection and spiritual growth. Make it an opportunity to evangelize by bringing a friend along.
The Stations never fail to evoke one's emotions and generate increased reciprocal love for Christ. Last year’s 'pilgrims' can attest to the Stations!
I also want to encourage Protestants and non-Christians to walk the Stations. The only reason I can give to justify my asking is my firm conviction in the Spirit. That it will touch and illuminate the hearts of all who journey with Jesus.
The set date & time has been set on 10th March '07, Saturday at 1700hr.
There will also be the veneration of the Reliquary Cross after the Stations.
Interested parties may send me an E-mail. Details will be disseminated via e-mail upon receipt.
Have a great Feast of the Presentation of the Lord today!
ABOUT THE WAY OF THE CROSS:
Among the devotional exercises which have for their object meditation on the Passion, Crucifixion, and Death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, one of the chief has been the exercise commonly called the Way of the Cross. This devotion first arose in Jerusalem, among the Christians who dwelt there, out of veneration for those sacred places which were sanctified by the suffering of our divine Redeemer. From that time, as we learn from St. Jerome, Christians visited the holy places in crowds. The gathering of the faithful, he says, even from the farthest corners of the earth, to visit the holy places, continued to his own times. From Jerusalem this devout exercise began to be introduced in Europe by various pious and holy persons, who had traveled to the Holy Land to satisfy their devotion. Pope Clement XII extended this devotion to the whole Catholic world.
Labels: Announcements, Catholic Belief, Events
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]
