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walking the way of the cross
Join Bishop Philip North, Paula Gooder and Archbishop Stephen Cottrell as they pray and reflect upon the 15 Biblical stations of the cross.
Click on the PLAY button below the image on each station to listen to a short reading and reflection.
The Stations of the Cross have formed part of Christian devotion for many centuries because they offer a particularly vivid way of following in the steps of Jesus on the way to the Cross. In the earliest days of Christian pilgrimage, visitors to Jerusalem would walk the path from Pilate’s house to Calvary. In the late fourteenth century, the Franciscan protectors of the holy places in Jerusalem put up images at which people would pause, reflect and pray. Eventually, those pilgrims brought the practice of walking a path of images from Christ’s passion back to their home countries, and many churches have images of the traditional Stations of the Cross on their walls.
station 1
Jesus in agony in the Garden of Gethsemane
Mark 14:32-36
station 2
Jesus betrayed by Judas and arrested
Mark 14:43-46
station 3
Jesus condemned by the Sanhedrin
Mark 14:55-64
station 6
Jesus scourged and crowned with thorns
Mark 15:17-19
station 7
Jesus scourged and crowned with thorns
Mark 15:17-19
station 8
Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry the cross
Luke 23:27-31
station 9
Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
Luke 23:27-31
station 11
Jesus promises the kingdom to the penitent thief
Luke 23:39–43
station 12
Jesus on the cross; his mother and his friend
John 19:26-27
