Stations of The Cross

A traditional 12 stations plus an epilogue

Stations of The Cross - First Station

I will be posting the Stations over the Easter period, beginning with the first one here.

Stations of The Cross - Third Station

Jesus condemned by the Sanhedrin. Mark 14.55-64 (Caiaphas to the court) ‘Let us now consider together, the prisoner, This self-styled prophet – Jesus...

Stations of The Cross - Fourth Station

Peter denies Jesus. Mark 14.43-46 After the Passover, when Judas had left, The Master had told them he was going away. And like young children, they...

Stations of The Cross - Fifth Station

Jesus judged by Pilate Mark 15: 14,15 I ask, who would choose to govern the Jews? When it meant my arising early at three, To receive their high...

Stations of The Cross - Sixth Station

Jesus scourged and crowned with thorns. Mark 15: 17 -19 Swish – thud! The first blow His lungs gasp. Swish – thud! With the second His flesh splits...

Stations of The Cross - Seventh Station

Jesus carries the cross. Mark 15: 20 Laughing, they spit into his face, Now their sport is over. As a man He submits to his disgrace, as He sways,...

Stations of The Cross - Eighth Station

Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross. Mark 15: 21 I had no interest in witnessing his shame, Until, I found myself in the crowd, crowing...

Stations of The Cross - Ninth Station

Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem Luke 23: 27-31 Further along he sees women wailing, The same knot of paid mourners had been in The house of Jarius...

Stations of The Cross - Tenth Station

Jesus is crucified Mark 15:24 More than I care to admit I still think about it In that hot country where I served With comrades, men trained for war...

Stations of The Cross - Eleventh Station

Jesus promises the Kingdom to the penitent thief Luke 23: 39- 43 He hangs now, broken and abandoned on the cross He slowly lifts his head; words have...

Stations of The Cross - Thirteenth Station

Jesus dies on the cross. Mark 15: 34 – 37 A man on a cross is about to die, While the world seems to be holding its breath. On the hill the afternoon...

Stations of The Cross - Fourteenth Station

Jesus laid in the tomb. Mark 15: 46,47 Gently,gently, let him down, Help us lift his thorny crown. Wipe the blood from his face, He shall no longer...

Stations of The Cross - Fifteenth Station

Jesus risen from the dead. Mark 16: 4 - 8 Gathered in the gloom, Of the cold upper room, The disciples in despair, The women more resigned, Getting...

Stations of The Cross. Epilogue

Meeting at Galilee John 21: 1-19 Beside the sea of Galilee His new life now began. Still wet from the swim ashore, He crouched by the fire. As Jesus...