Photo. Lord Jesus, it pains us to see you struck, mocked and stripped, an innocent victim of inhumane cruelty. Through Christ our Lord. Vatican City, Mar 23, 2021 / 12:00 pm MT ().-Pope Francis chose a scouting group from central Italy and kids from a Roman parish to prepare the meditations for this year’s Good Friday Stations of the Cross at the Vatican. Thank you! She is Through Christ our Lord. Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. To become a Cyrenean, bringing joy to someone. Jesus falls for the first time. Christ nailed to the Cross. I am here, alone before you, in the dark of this prison: poor, naked, hungry and despised, and I ask you to pour out upon my wounds the balm of forgiveness and consolation, and the wine of a solidarity that strengthens the heart. All it takes is to fill those moments with truth: contrition for sins committed, the realization that death is not for ever, the certainty that Christ is the innocent man unjustly mocked. But Jesus turning to them said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. I owe it to my parents: years ago, they sold all that we had of value because they didn’t want me to live on the street. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD REFLECTION (2): ITS REPERCUSSIONS IN OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE. The third … How would he ease the anguish of these men who feel trapped by what they have become in yielding to evil? I feel like Barabbas, Peter and Judas in one single person. (photo: All photos Vatican Media/National Catholic Register) CNA Vatican April 2, 2021 Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus; but they shouted out, “Crucify, crucify him!” A third time he said to them, “Why, what evil has he done? Over time I have learned to live with it, to look it in the face, to call it by name: we spend many nights keeping each other company. LIVE from St. Peter's Basilica | Join the Holy Father live from Vatican City as he prays the Stations of the Cross to a Square void of the laity due to the COVID19 pandemic. At times, however, they are like newborn babies who can still be formed. Hear Clapton and Pavarotti sing a prayer to the “Holy Mothe... Ascension vs. assumption: What is the difference? Give us the grace to be able to rest in your love and to enjoy forever the consolation of your presence. It only takes a minute. In prison I often think about how many times a child falls to the ground before learning to walk: I am coming to think that these are preparations for all the times when we will fall as adults. Prison continues to bury individuals alive: theirs are stories that no one wants to hear any longer. What was the message of Our Lady of Fatima? This year, Pope Francis asked a woman religious to prepare the meditations. But even though I love this job, I sometimes struggle to find the strength to carry on. WELCOME TO CATHOLICS STRIVING FOR HOLINESS! And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on him. Through Christ our Lord. MIRACLES ATTRIBUTED TO OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY. Merciful Father, continue to trust in me, to give me fresh opportunities, O God, our justice and our redemption, who gave us your only Son and glorified him on the throne of the cross, instil your hope in our hearts so that we can recognize you present in the dark moments of our life. Through Christ our Lord. To attempt this, I cannot limit myself to opening and closing a cell, without doing this with a touch of humanity. For twenty-eight years I have been serving the sentence of growing up without a father”. We too, like the Cyrenean, desire to be close to our brothers and sisters and to help in offering the Father’s mercy that breaks the yoke that oppresses them. The wounds grow with each passing day, they take our breath away. O God, you do not leave us in the darkness and shadow of death. Copyright © Catholicsstrivingforholiness All rights reserved. This week we take you through the Way of the Cross in images from a variety of places throughout the world. Each month, readers view more than 50 million pages. Each time I was in the courtroom, I looked for the crucifix: I kept my eyes fixed on it as the law investigated my story. Monsignor Piero Marini, Master of Liturgical Celebrations of the Pope, in the introduction to the 1991 booklet containing the Good Friday stations of the cross, notes that the new version does not intend to change the traditional text, which still remains valid. He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will(Lk 23:20-25). I pray constantly for him, so that day by day he can grow into a different man, capable once more of loving himself and others. One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Antoine Mekary | ALETEIA. Amen. (Meditation by a prisoner) It is good for a man that he … It looked as if … I owe it above all to myself: the idea that evil can continue to guide my life is intolerable. He wanted to share the experience of poverty, solitude, anxiety. Text of the Stations of the Cross for 2020, led by Pope Francis Antoine Mekary | ALETEIA Aleteia - published on 04/09/20 Prepared by the chaplaincy of the … Amen. Via Crucis, the way of the cross, is a way of faith: in Jesus, condemned to death, we see the Judge of the universe; Here are some numbers: 20 million users around the world read Aleteia.org every month. Colonisation has not ended, the pope said, but “in many places, it has been changed, disguised and concealed, while losing none of its contempt for the life of the poor and the fragility of the environment”. I have found in him no crime deserving death; I will therefore chastise him and release him.” But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. SUMMARY AND TOP 12 QUOTES OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA'S APPARITIONS. Through Christ our Lord. My heart says to you,“Your face, Lord, do I seek”. “Such is life!”, I say, to encourage myself. In this way, the Via Crucis becomes a Via Lucis. O God, lover of life, in the sacrament of Reconciliation, you always give us a new opportunity to experience your infinite mercy. A group of prisoners from Padua, and doctors and nurses from the Vatican Healthcare Department carry the cross and mark the Stations of the Cross, during Good Friday's Way of the Cross (Via Crucis) at St. Peter's Square in The Vatican on April 10, 2020 during the lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. I seem to be like Telemachus when he went in search of his father Odysseus: my journey takes me to Italian prisons and loved ones. Everyone, including those in prison, has an opportunity each day to become a new person, thanks to Christ’s look which does not judge, but gives life and hope. O God, you set us free by your truth. Together with me, many of them prayed for the young man who accused me: they never stopped. May 15: SAINT ISIDORE THE FARMER, Patron saint of farmers. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all(Is 53:4-6). Like Peter, I have sought and found many excuses for my mistakes: the strange fact is that a fragment of goodness always remained alive in me. My Lord and my God, I believe; help my unbelief. In his life, Christ willingly chose to take his stand with the least: he travelled the forgotten peripheries of the world in the midst of thieves, lepers, prostitutes, scoundrels. An evil person can become better”. This evening, in the silence of prison, the voice of one wishes to become the voice of all. I imagine him less a penitent than someone conscious of being on the wrong path. It only takes a day to pass from a blameless life to committing an act which encompasses the violation of all the commandments. Accompanying Christ on the Way of the Cross, with the raw voices of those who live behind the walls of a prison, is an opportunity to view the great battle between life and death, to discover how the threads of good and evil inevitably intertwine. INTRODUCTION. O God, source of mercy and forgiveness, who reveal yourself in the sufferings of humanity, enlighten us with the grace that flows from the wounds of the Crucified One and grant us perseverance in faith throughout the dark night of trial. Alone in my cell, when I re-read the pages of the Passion of Christ, I burst into tears: after 29 years in prison I have not yet lost the capacity to cry, to feel ashamed of my past history and of the evil I did. In this way, the Via Crucis becomes a Via Lucis. It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning. Hanging on the cross, I discovered the meaning of my priesthood. O God, beginning and end of all things, in the Passover of Christ you redeemed all humanity. LIVE from St. Peter's Basilica | Join the Holy Father live from Vatican City as he prays the Stations of the Cross to a Square void of the laity due to the COVID19 pandemic. Amen. With my job I helped generations of children to believe in themselves. Text of the Stations of the Cross for 2020, led by Pope Francis. As you can imagine, these numbers represent a lot of work. I blamed myself for my son’s sins. And they led him out to crucify him(Mk 15:16-20). Amen. Between your eyes and hers, we place all families and friends who feel pained and helpless before the fate of their loved ones. If someone holds out to them a hand, those capable of the most horrendous crimes can undergo the most unexpected resurrection. The meditations on the Stations of the Cross this year were prepared by the chaplaincy of the “Due Palazzi” House of Detention in Padua. I was looking for real friends, I wanted to be accepted for who I was, but I was unable. Turn not your servant away in anger, you who have been my help. Amen. Anger killed my kindness, I committed an evil immensely greater than any of those that I had received. Then one day, I ended up behind bars, together with my brother. Encountering daily all this anger, pain and hidden malice ends up wearing down even the most experienced of us. Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit”. ASCENSION OF OUR LORD MASS PRAYERS AND READINGS. Stations of the Cross of Pope Saint John Paul II Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish - Good Friday 2020. I am asked to remain there with them, respecting their silence, listening to their pain, and seeking to look beyond prejudice. (Ps 27:8-9). Walwyn | Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0 (Meditation by a civil magistrate) http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2020/documents/ns_lit_doc_20200410_via-crucis-meditazioni_en.html. Time has not eased the weight of the cross placed upon our shoulders: we are unable to forget our daughter who is no longer with us. Via Crucis with Pope Francis, on Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord, from St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. The prison chaplain is Father Marco Pozza, a pretty-boy, personal friend of Francis, and publisher of a Francis interview book. I often imagine Jesus here in prison in my stead: how would he wipe away the tears? He was a man who had lived on a bench for years, without affection or income. Aleteia is published every day in seven languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, and Slovenian. This is difficult to say, but at the moment in which despair seems to take over, the Lord in different ways comes to meet us, giving us the grace to love one another as spouses, and to support one another, hard as it is. I am not ashamed to exercise the permanent diaconate in wearing the uniform of which I am proud. To your Father, we entrust the Church, born from your pierced side, that she may never give up in the face of failure and appearances, but persevere in bringing to all the joyful message of our salvation. Contemplating Calvary from behind bars is to believe that an entire life can be played out in a few moments, as happened to the good thief. Jesus falls for the third time. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do”. Amen. Today I have the courage to beseech you, like the good thief: “Remember me!” In the past, whenever I walked past a prison, I looked the other way: “I will never end up in there”, I said to myself. Those invited included five prisoners, a family that was the victim of a murder, the daughter of a man given a life sentence, a prison teacher, a civil magistrate, the mother of a prisoner, a catechist, a volunteer religious brother, a prison guard and a priest who was accused and then finally acquitted after eight years in the justice system. I hung on the cross for ten years: my Way of the Cross was populated with dossiers, suspicions, accusations, insults. The second was when, after ruining the family, I began to ask myself: “Who am I that Christ should die for me?”. We hide behind masks of respectability and clothe ourselves with lies, frequently with the threadbare rags of the poor, exploited by our greedy thirst for money and power. Cast me not off, forsake me not, O God of my salvation! May the Father have mercy on us and patiently help us to become more simple, more transparent, more authentic: ready to abandon definitively the weapons of hypocrisy. Years ago, I missed love because I am the daughter of a prisoner, my mother fell prey to depression, the family collapsed. And for each of us, that the sins of parents may not fall on their children. I think of Jesus looking up, seeing those eyes so full of love, and not feeling alone. Inside prisons, Simon of Cyrene is known by everyone: it is the second name of volunteers, of those who mount this Calvary to help carry a cross; they are people who reject the law of the pack and listen to their conscience. I resented the happiness of others, I felt hamstrung, they asked of me only sacrifices and to obey the rules: I felt like a stranger to everyone and I sought revenge at all costs. Jesus falls for the third time. Lord Jesus, your body, disfigured by such great evil, is now wrapped in a shroud and consigned to the bare earth: here is the new creation. More than 2,000 years later, however, Christians are still trying to grasp the saving gift of Jesus by meditating on or reenacting his crucifixion through what has come to be known as the stations of the cross. It obscured the pope’s forceful language about the institutionalised injustice perpetrated against the people of the Amazon and against Creation. To do this, though, he has to learn how to recognize the person hidden behind the crime committed. Teach us not to identify the person with the wrong he has done and help us to see in everyone the living flame of your Spirit. We entrust to your Father all magistrates, judges and lawyers and ask that they may be upright in carrying out their service to the State and its citizens, especially those who suffer the effects of poverty. PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS AND THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed. Take them in your arms again”. As much as his path of rebirth can be tortuous and the risk of falling back into evil remains always present, there is no other way to try to rebuild his own personal and communal history. George Mackay Brown, from his Stations of the Cross Pilate’s callous dismissal of Jesus and his casual mockery of his sufferings comes from a place of expedience and business-like ruthlessness. Grant us the wisdom of the Cross that we may abandon ourselves to your will with a spirit of joy and gratitude. First Station: Jesus is condemned to death (Meditation by a prisoner serving a life sentence), Second Station Jesus takes up his Cross (Meditation by two parents whose daughter was murdered), Third Station Jesus falls for the first time (Meditation by a prisoner), Fourth Station Jesus meets his Mother (Meditation by the mother of a prisoner), Fifth Station Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross (Meditation by a prisoner), Sixth Station Veronica wipes the face of Jesus (Meditation by a catechist), Seventh Station Jesus falls for the second time (Meditation by a prisoner), Eighth Station Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem (Meditation by the daughter of a man sentenced to life imprisonment), Ninth Station Jesus falls for the third time (Meditation by a prisoner), Tenth Station Jesus is stripped of his garments (Meditation by a prison teacher), The Eleventh Station Jesus is nailed to the Cross (Meditation by a priest accused and later acquitted), The Twelfth Station Jesus dies on the Cross (Meditation by a civil magistrate), The Thirteenth Station Jesus is taken down from the Cross (Meditation by a volunteer religious Brother), The Fourteenth Station Jesus is laid in the tomb (Meditation by a corrections officer). And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise”(Lk 23:33-43). Perhaps your first fall was the hardest because it was entirely new: the impact was hard and left you shaken. We entrust to your Father all those who are so caught up in themselves that they are unable to acknowledge the sins they have committed. Support Aleteia with as little as $1. The 1991 papal version of the stations of the cross falls within the practice of allowing a variety of texts for use in this devotion. I never thought of lessening my cross, even when the law permitted it. I feel like a modern version of that thief who implored Christ with the words “Remember me!”. My small wish is to be a point of reference for those I encounter behind bars. My strength, however, is fading day by day. 582K Views. While I was climbing my Calvary, I found them all along the way: they became my Cyreneans, they bore the weight of the cross with me, they dried my many tears. A GENERAL LIST OF MORTAL SINS ALL CATHOLICS SHOULD KNOW. Simon of Cyrene, too, is my cellmate: I met him my first night in prison. If, for some, I am still Barabbas, that does not make me angry: I know in my heart that the Innocent One, condemned like me, came to find me in prison to teach me about life. The way pointed out to me by Christ is to contemplate, without fear, those faces marred by suffering. It is not easy to be faced with someone who yielded to evil and inflicted immense harm on others and their lives. Passing by one cell after another, I see the death that lives within. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home(Jn 19:25-27). The Eleventh Station Jesus is nailed to the Cross. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed!’ Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us’; and to the hills, ‘Cover us’” (Lk 23:27-30). I have travelled throughout Italy, from south to north, to stay with him: I know its cities not for their monuments but for the prisons I have visited. Lord Jesus, despite the uproar, we glimpse you among the crowds shouting for you to be crucified; perhaps we too are among them, blind to the evil of which we are capable. I feel Mother Mary close to me: she helps me not to give into despair and to cope with the pain. Let us pray.O God, Almighty Father,in Jesus Christ your Sonyou assumed the wounds and sufferings of humanity.Today I have the courage to beseech you, like the good thief: “Remember me!”I am here, alone before you, in the dark of this prison: poor, naked, hungry and despised, and I ask you to pour out upon my wounds the balm of forgiveness and consolation, and the wine of a solidarity that strengthens the heart.Heal me with your grace and teach me hope in the midst of despair.My Lord and my God, I believe; help my unbelief.Merciful Father, continue to trust in me, to give me fresh opportunities,to embrace me in your infinite love.With your help and by the gift of the Holy Spirit, I too will be able to recognize you and serve you in my brothers and sisters.Amen. The cry of Jesus – “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” – I saw reflected in my mother’s eyes: she took on the shame of all the men of the house to save the family. A colleague, who was my mentor, frequently repeated: “Prison changes you: a good person can become a sadistic one. The commandment to perform acts of charity is for us a kind of salvation: we do not want to surrender to evil. For the Lord will not cast off forever, but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love (Lam 3:27-32). With your help and by the gift of the Holy Spirit, I too will be able to recognize you and serve you in my brothers and sisters. In this process, it sometimes becomes possible to glimpse a horizon that can instil hope in that person and once his sentence has been served, to return to society and hope that people will welcome him back after having rejected him. Five years later, Pope Clement XII permitted stations to be created in all churches and fixed the number at 14. How often, as a priest, have I meditated on this page of the Gospel. In faith we turn to your Father and pray for all those not yet able to break free from the power of Satan, from all his allurements and his manifold seductions. Their tears are those of defeat and loneliness, of remorse and lack of understanding. Text of the Stations of the Cross for 2020, led by Pope Francis But the tunic was without seam, woven from top to bottom; so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture, “They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots” (Jn 19:23-24). Francis entrusted the inmates of the Casa di Reclusione, a prison near Padova, Italy, to write the text for his Good Friday 2020 Stations of the Cross at the Roman Coliseum. I just need to halt my hectic pace, stop in silence before those faces marred by evil and listen to them with mercy. Sustain our staggering steps, raise us when we fall through our unfaithfulness. O God, King of justice and peace, you heard in the cry of your Son the cry of all humanity. I chose this work after my mother was killed in a head-on collision by a young drug addict: I decided to respond immediately to that evil with good. They are growing old in prison because of me. We need only be willing to let ourselves be met by the grace that comes from you. O God, you raised mankind up when we had fallen. Amen. Now that I know, I am trying to rebuild my life with the help of God. O Mary, Mother of God and Mother of the Church, faithful disciple of your Son, we turn to you and entrust to your loving gaze and to the care of your maternal heart the cry of all humanity which awaits with anguish the day when every tear will be wiped away from their faces. This is what has become my way of the cross. God’s love is truly capable of renewing life because, before us, his Son Jesus underwent human suffering so as to experience true compassion. Lord Jesus, the love you showed us to the end led you to the cross. Contemplating Calvary from behind bars is to believe that an entire life can be played out in a few moments, as happened to the good thief. Benedict XVI called him “one of the most unusual saintsR... © Copyright Aleteia SAS all rights reserved. Coming up with an answer is hard, often impossible within the limits of our petty human logic. Falling down is never pleasant; but beyond the fact that it is unpleasant, falling over and over again becomes itself a kind of condemnation, as if one is no longer capable of remaining standing. By respecting each person’s tempo, human relations can once more flourish little by little within this oppressive world. I no longer feel like I am a man. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. in Jesus Christ your Son And they cast lots to divide his garments (Lk 23:34). In so sensitive a service, we need to feel that we are not abandoned, in order to be able to support the many lives entrusted to us, lives that each day run the risk of ruin. Lord Jesus, once again you have fallen to the ground: crushed by my attachment to evil, by my fear of not being able to become a better person. Every day I see how they become more and more dependent behind bars: they need me even to help write a letter. And their voices prevailed. The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid; then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. He has to pay for the wrong he did: not to do so would mean trivializing his crimes, justifying the intolerable actions he carried out that caused physical and moral suffering to others. Many times I meet despairing souls who, in the darkness of prison, try to find a reason for the evil that to them seems infinite. One day, I will tell my granddaughter the story of only the goodness I have found and not the evil I have done. And we indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong”. Lord Jesus, you fall a third time to the ground and, when everyone thinks that this is the end, once again you get up. Comfort us in every affliction and support us in our trials as we await the coming of your kingdom. I fell twice. Over these years I have never failed to answer: “Of course, it is impossible for me not to think about it”. Pour the balm of consolation and the wine of hope on our wounds. Amen. DAILY GOSPEL COMMENTARY: “WHATEVER YOU ASK THE FATHER IN MY NAME HE WILL GIVE YOU” (Jn 16:23b-28). We taught our children to respect others and to value serving the poor. O God, eternal light and endless day, fill with your blessings those who devote themselves to your praise and to the service of those who suffer in the countless places of human pain and sorrow. The result also depends on me and a firm resolution is essential for achieving the goal of our work: that of offering another possibility to someone who did wrong. For all these years I have lived with anger, restlessness, sadness: his absence is a heavy burden to bear. In prayer, we entrust to your Father, in a particular way, all prison guards and all those who work in various capacities in prisons. Amen. Summary vid + full text. Lord Jesus, once more you are in the hands of men, but this time, they are the loving hands of Joseph of Arimathea and some pious women from Galilee, who know that your body is precious. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Their hands represent the hands of all who never tire of serving you and making visible the love of which human beings are capable. Through Christ our Lord. Text of the Stations of the Cross for 2020, led by Pope Francis. It’s true: there are parents who, out of love, learn to wait for their children to grow up. 10 April 2020 ... Leader: Do you recall during the Pope’s funeral the wind that at first blew slowly and then faster and faster and was turning the pages of the Holy Scripture to close the Book of Life in the end. The photos are accompanied by very short prayers from the Treasury of Novenas, but readers may wish to do the full set of prayers, privately or in the setting of the family or prayer group. The day he was arrested changed our entire life: the whole family went into prison with him. One of them was murdered along with her closest friend by the blind violence of a ruthless man; the other, who miraculously survived, was forever deprived of her smile. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images He invites us to keep the door of our home open to the poor and the despairing, welcoming whoever knocks, even if only for a bowl of soup. Design by Alec Martin. 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